Ocorrência e fatores associados para infecção de sítio cirúrgico em colecistectomia videolaparoscópica

Abstract

Objective identify the occurrence and risk factors related with surgical site infection in patients submitted to videolaparoscopic cholecystectomy.Methods descriptive study developed at a private hospital, involving 118 patients. For the data collection, a tool was elaborated that was submitted to face and content validation. For the data analysis, the software Statistical Package for the Social Sciences was used.Results the occurrence of infection amounted to 5.9% (n=7). The cases were diagnosed during post-discharge surveillance. The results showed no statistically significant difference between the research variables and the presence of surgical site infection (bivariate analysis).Conclusion at the place of study, the occurrence of surgical site infection was high, without an association between the research factors and the presence of this type of infection.