Surgical Site Infections, Risk Factors, and Outcomes After Liver Transplant.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Surgical site infections (SSIs) are one of the most common health care-associated infections. Surgical site infections can have harmful effects in liver transplant (LT) recipients.

Objective

To assess the incidence of SSI after LT and identify risk factors associated with SSIs and whether SSIs are associated with death and graft loss.

Design, setting, and participants

A multicenter cohort study encompassing data on LT performed at all Swiss transplant centers between May 1, 2008, and September 30, 2020, was conducted. Data analyses were performed in 2023.

Exposure

Liver transplant.

Main outcomes and measures

Frequency of SSIs within 90 days after transplant, risk factors associated with SSIs, and association of SSIs with 1-year death or graft

SUBMITTER: Schreiber PW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11929024 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature