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• TITLE: Risk Factors for Wound Infection Following Caesarean Section: A Case Control Study from Sir Salimullah Medical College & Mitford Hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh

  AUTHORS: Farhana Israt Jahan, Ferdousi Begum, Farzana Islam, Shahana Pervin, Annekathryn Goodman

  KEYWORDS: Caesarean Section, Body Mass Index, Wound Infection, Surgical Site Infection, Prolonged Rupture of Membrane

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vol.9 No.6, June 28, 2019

  ABSTRACT: Background: Post caesarean section (CS) wound infection or surgical site infection is a leading cause of prolonged hospital stay or readmission. An understanding of its risk factors is important. Methods: A case control study was conducted in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Sir Salimullah Medical College & Mitford Hospital, in Dhaka, Bangladesh from January to June 2014 to evaluate the risk factors of postoperative surgical site infection following CS. One hundred patients were studied. Results: Fifty patients of post CS wound infection (surgical site infection: SSI) were selected as cases. Body mass index > 25 (kg/m2), anemia (p = 0.001), prolonged rupture of membrane (p = 0.005), prolonged operation time (p = 0.019), and junior surgeons performing the operation (p = 0.011) were the risk factors for CS-SSI. Conclusions: Pre- and postoperative care and surgical training of junior doctors should be directed to these risk factors.