Surgical Site Infection Incidence Following Hip Surgery: A Cross-Sectional Study

Objective: To determine the incidence of surgical site infection among patients with hip fracture and undergo a surgical procedure for management. And to spotlight on the risk factors which may lead to surgical site infection among them. Also, to look for other complications following the surgery. Methods: This is a descriptive, correlational cross-sectional study design. The study was conducted at Orthopedic Department, Mohammad Medical College and Hospital Mirpurkhas, Pakistan for one-year duration from March 2019 to March 2020. All patients had hip fracture and received management at the department of orthopedic. All patients were adults and older than 20 years of age. Data was analyzed using SPSS program. Results: The study included 103 patients who had hip fractures. The most frequent age group was 40-50 years. Patients had a mix of modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors for developing surgical site infection. The incidence rate of surgical site infection in this study was 3.2%. It was correlated to having hypertension and diabetes as complications. Conclusion: This study aimed to spotlight on the SSI following hip surgeries and to look for complications and risk factors. We noticed that the SSI rate among the study populations is almost similar as the worldwide range. This is due to the agreed protocol for managing patients. However, there is a need for log-term follow up for our patient to discover the cases of delayed SSI.