Surgeon volume and risk of deep surgical site infection following open reduction and internal fixation of closed ankle fracture.

ABSTRACT: Increasing evidences have shown that surgeon volume was associated with postoperative complications or outcomes in a variety of orthopaedics surgeries, but few were focused on ankle fractures. This study aimed to investigate the deep surgical site infection (DSSI) in association with the surgeon volume following open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) of ankle fractures. This was a retrospective analysis of the prospectively collected data on patients who underwent ORIF for acute closed ankle fractures between October 2014 and June 2020. Surgeon volume was defined as the number of ORIF procedures performed within 12 months preceding the index operation. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was constructed to determine the optimal cut-off value, whereby surgeon volume was d

SUBMITTER: Zhu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9705177 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature