Abdominal operations Surgery
Conditions
Interventions
Eligible patients will be consented for recruitment. Their demographic data and operation details will be recorded immediately after operation. Wounds will be observed for evidence of infection on the
Sponsors
Association of Surgeons of Nigeria
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Patient able and willing to provide written informed consent (signature or a fingerprint) or assent from parent or guardian 2. All children and adult patients undergoing emergency or elective abdominal operations 3. Benign, malignant and trauma cases can all be included 4. Abdominal incision with an anticipated clean-contaminated, contaminated or dirty surgical wound 5. Anticipated abdominal incision of 3cm in children or 5cm or more in adults 6. Both open surgery and laparoscopic surgery can be included 7. All secondary, tertiary, public, and privately funded hospitals that perform abdominal surgeries will be eligible
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Abdominal operations with clean surgical wound, such as simple hernia repair 2. Patients undergoing caesarean section will be excluded 3. Patients who are unable to complete follow-up at post-operative day 30 4. Patient already enrolled in another trial assessing surgical site infection
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Surgical site infection (SSI) 30 days post operation, defined according to Centre for Disease Control criteria | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Measured using patient records: 1. Profile of organisms detected from wound swab 2. Patient-reported time taken to return to normal activities 3. Patient-reported time taken to return to work. 4.. Mortality at day 30 after operation and its relationship to SSIs | — |
Countries
Nigeria
Contacts
Public ContactAdewale Adisa
Outcome results
None listed