Abstract
Objective: To study the risk factors of implant associated infection among patients admitted in orthopaedic wards in government medical college Thiruvananthapuram.
Materials and Methods: This is a case-control study which was carried out from march 2017 to March 2018 in government medical college, Thiruvanathapuram. In this study period 67 cases of implant associated infection and 134 controls were taken.
Results: variables were studied for any significant association with risk implant associated infection. We found diabetes mellitus (chi square value of 16.42 and p value 0.001), smoking (chi square value:4.847 and p value:0.028), open fracture (chi square value: 4.065 and p value 0.044), preop haemoglobin level (chi square value:6.869 and p value 0.009), duration between trauma and first dose antibiotics (chi square value:4.38 and p value:0.036), external fixation (chi square value: 4.809 and p value: 0.028) had a significant association with risk of implant associated infection. Elevated ESR level had a significant association with bad outcome on follow up.
Keywords: Implant Associated, Infection.
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Corresponding Author
Dr Muhammed Sageer A
Additional Professor in Orthopaedics, Govt Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, India
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v8i5.85
