September 5, 2025Frontiers in SurgeryOpen Access

The burden of surgical site infection and associated factors among patients admitted to the surgical ward in resource-limited countries: an institutional-based cross-sectional study

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Cross-sectional study finds a 29.1% surgical site infection rate in male patients, indicating key factors include drainage use and surgery type.

Surgical site infections affected 29.1% of patients, highlighting a significant healthcare concern.
Among 309 patients, findings revealed male sex and abdominal surgery as key predisposing factors for infection.
Systematic random sampling was employed to gather data from surgical ward patients at a specialized hospital.
This research underscores the urgent need for improved infection control measures in low- and middle-income countries.

Zewdu et al. (2025) studied this question.

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Cross-sectional study finds a 29.1% surgical site infection rate in male patients, indicating key factors include drainage use and surgery type.