TY  - JOUR
A1  - Strobel, Rahel Maria
A1  - Baehr, Amelie
A1  - Hammerich, Ralf
A1  - Schulze, Daniel
A1  - Lehmann, Kai Siegfried
A1  - Lauscher, Johannes Christian
A1  - Beyer, Katharina
A1  - Otto, Susanne Dorothea
A1  - Seifarth, Claudia
T1  - Impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on surgical site infection in patients with inflammatory bowel disease — a monocentric, retrospective cohort study
T2  - Journal of Clinical Medicine
N2  - (1) Background: Surgical site infections (SSIs) are a relevant problem with a 25% incidence rate after elective laparotomy due to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The aim of this study was to evaluate whether stricter hygienic measures during the COVID-19 pandemic influenced the rate of SSI. 

(2) Methods: This is a monocentric, retrospective cohort study comparing the rate of SSI in patients with bowel resection due to IBD during COVID-19 (). 

(3) Results: The rate of SSI in IBD patients with bowel resection was 25.8% during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to 31.8% pre-COVID-19 (OR 0.94; 95% CI 0.40-2.20; p = 0.881). There were seventeen (17.5%) superficial and four (4.1%) deep incisional and organ/space SSIs, respectively, during the COVID-19 pandemic (p = 0.216). There were more postoperative intra-abdominal abscesses during COVID-19 (7.2% vs. 0.9%; p = 0.021). The strictness of hygienic measures (mild, medium, strict) had no influence on the rate of SSI (p = 0.553). 

(4) Conclusions: Hygienic regulations in hospitals during COVID-19 did not significantly reduce the rate of SSI in patients with bowel resection due to IBD. A ban on surgery, whereby only emergency surgery was allowed, was likely to delay surgery and exacerbate the disease, which probably contributed to more SSIs and postoperative complications.
Y1  - 2024
UR  - https://opus.bibliothek.uni-augsburg.de/opus4/frontdoor/index/index/docId/123720
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bvb:384-opus4-1237207
SN  - 2077-0383
VL  - 13
IS  - 3
SP  - 650
PB  - MDPI AG
ER  -