Abstract
Post-operative wound sepsis in 1050 patients who had clean and contaminated surgery were studied retrospectivelyin male female and children surgery wards of the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital from January 1986 to December 1990. Subjects considered for the study were between ages 18 days to 82 years. Incidence of post-operative wound sepsis was 3.14% being 1.55% and 5.12% for the clean and contaminated operations respectively. The highest infection rate of a single operation was 16.3% from bowel resections. Mortality rate within the period under consideration was 0.19%.The study is important in identifying those at risk of post-operative wound sepsis.
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Corresponding Author
Gbeneol .J. Tombari
Dept of Preventive and Social Medicine, College of Head Sciences,
University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
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DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v5i7.121
