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September 10, 2025Journal of Surgical ResearchOpen Access

Increasing Differences in Surgical Site Infections After Emergency and Elective Colorectal Surgery

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KSKevin SunCWChen Chia WangTGTimothy M. Geiger

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Overview

Retrospective analysis reveals stagnant SSI rates in emergency surgeries, suggesting challenges with MIS adoption.

Key Points

  • A significant decline in surgical site infections was observed following elective colorectal surgeries, while emergency cases showed no notable changes.
  • Annual percent changes in SSI rates were calculated using joinpoint regression across a dataset of over 229,000 colectomy patients.
  • The use of minimally invasive surgery increased in emergency cases but did not lead to significant reductions in SSI rates compared to elective cases.
  • These findings highlight a need for improved strategies to address SSI rates in emergency colorectal surgery despite a rise in MIS utilization.

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Sun et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c24236b210217d647a2d3bhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2025.07.024
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