“Surgical Site Infections Occurrence and Associated Risk Factors: a Matched Case-Control Study”

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

LBCTR

Registry ID

LBCTR2023115474

Enrollment

440

Registered

2024-03-07

Start date

2023-11-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-02-02

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Conditions

Patients who developed surgical site infections SSIs

Interventions

No intervention was performed. Retrospective access to medical chart

None

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 100 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: ? Patient admitted for surgery to LAUMC-RH, who are older than 18 years of age since 2018; ? Received antibiotics for surgical infection prevention

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: ? Patient who underwent ophthalmologic surgery. ? Patient who underwent biopsies. ? Patient presenting with infected wounds and/or currently receiving antibiotics.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Name: Identify risk factors associated with the occurrence of surgical site infection in patients who underwent surgery at the Lebanese American University Medical Center – Rizk Hospital (LAUMC-RH);Timepoints: over the last five years 2018-2023;Measure: chart access and assessing risk factors associated with SSIs	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Name: Identify the different types of microorganisms and their susceptibility patterns;Timepoints: 2018-2023;Measure: chart access and documenting microorganisms and susceptibility pattern	—

Contacts

Public ContactNassab Fakhreddine

Lebanese American University - LAUMCRH

nassab.fakhreddine@laumcrh.com76873087

Outcome results

None listed

Source: LBCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 7, 2026