Surgical Infections

Article	Citations
Burn Wound Colonization, Infection, and Sepsis	49
Surgical Infection Society Guidance for Operative and Peri-Operative Care of Adult Patients Infected by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2)	46
Surgical Infections in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Global Assessment of the Burden and Management Needs	44
Anesthesia Procedure of Emergency Operation for Patients with Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19	42
Burn Infection and Burn Sepsis	38
Costs and Complications Associated with Infected Mesh for Ventral Hernia Repair	38
Temporins: An Approach of Potential Pharmaceutic Candidates	36
Attitudes of Anesthesiology Specialists and Residents toward Patients Infected with the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19): A National Survey Study	36
Acute Appendicitis in Children Younger than Five Years of Age: Diagnostic Challenge for Pediatric Surgeons	35
Surgical Infection Society 2020 Updated Guidelines on the Management of Complicated Skin and Soft Tissue Infections	33
Surgical Infection Society Guidelines for Antibiotic Use in Patients with Traumatic Facial Fractures	27
Peri-Prosthetic Joint Infection of the Knee Causes High Levels of Psychosocial Distress: A Prospective Cohort Study	27
Detection of Infection and Sepsis in Burns	27
Mortality Risk in Necrotizing Fasciitis: National Prevalence, Trend, and Burden	26
Sepsis and Septic Shock in Low- and Middle-Income Countries	23
Hyperbilirubinemia as an Indicator of Perforated Acute Appendicitis in Pediatric Population: A Prospective Study	21
Synthetic versus Biologic Mesh for Complex Open Ventral Hernia Repair: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial	21
Topical Antimicrobial Agents for Burn Wound Care: History and Current Status	19
Multi-Center Outcomes of Chlorhexidine Oral Decontamination in Intensive Care Units	19
Intra-Cavity Lavage and Wound Irrigation for Prevention of Surgical Site Infection: Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis	18
Sepsis 2019: What Surgeons Need to Know	18
Antibiotic Prophylaxis with Piperacillin–Tazobactam Reduces Post-Operative Infectious Complication after Pancreatic Surgery: An Interventional, Non-Randomized Study	17
Estimating the Impact of Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections in the United States: Incidence and Re-Admissions	16
Review of Sepsis in Burn Patients in 2020	16
Open Fractures: Are We Still Treating the Same Types of Infections?	16

Risk Factors of Mortality for Patients Receiving Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for COVID-19 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome	15
Advanced Statistics: Multiple Logistic Regression, Cox Proportional Hazards, and Propensity Scores	15
Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Antimicrobial Agents in Burn Patients	14
Comparison of Traditional and Skin-Sparing Approaches for Surgical Treatment of Necrotizing Soft-Tissue Infections	14
Pulmonary Echinococcosis or Lung Hydatidosis: A Narrative Review	14
Increasing Globalization and the Movement of Antimicrobial Resistance between Countries	14
Impact of Appendectomy on Gut Microbiota	14
Fungal Infections in Burn Patients	13
Multi-Drug–Resistant Organisms in Burn Infections	13
Circulating D-Dimer versus Fibrinogen in the Diagnosis of Peri-Prosthetic Joint Infection: A Meta-Analysis	12
Developing a Surgical Site Infection Surveillance System Based on Hospital Unstructured Clinical Notes and Text Mining	12
Enterococcus faecalis Is Associated with Anastomotic Leak in Patients Undergoing Colorectal Surgery	12
Infections in Pediatric Burn Patients: An Analysis of One Hundred Eighty-One Patients	12
Appendicitis in Pregnancy: A Post-Hoc Analysis of an EAST Multicenter Study	12
Development of a Sterile Personal Protective Equipment Donning and Doffing Procedure to Protect Surgical Teams from SARS-CoV-2 Exposure during the COVID-19 Pandemic	12
COVID-19 in Post-Operative Patients: Imaging Findings	12
Negative Pressure Dressings (PICOTM) on Laparotomy Wounds Do Not Reduce Risk of Surgical Site Infection	12
Pediatric Burn Infection	12
Risk Factors of Infectious Complications after Ureteroscopy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Based on Adjusted Effect Estimate	12
Relationship between Sarcopenia and Surgical Site Infection in Patients Undergoing Colorectal Cancer Surgical Procedures	11
Transforming a Long-Term Acute Care Hospital into a COVID-19–Designated Hospital	11
Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection: Time is Crucial, and the Admitting Service Matters	11
Infection in Elderly Burn Patients: What Do We Know?	11
Relation between Sarcopenia and Surgical Site Infection in Patients Undergoing Gastric Cancer Surgery	11
Efficacy and Tolerability of Eravacycline in Bacteremic Patients with Complicated Intra-Abdominal Infection: A Pooled Analysis from the IGNITE1 and IGNITE4 Studies	11
Necrotizing Fasciitis of the Breast: A Review of the Literature	11
Catastrophic Healthcare Expenditure from Typhoid Perforation in Children in Nigeria	11
Antimicrobial Stewardship Reduces Surgical Site Infection Rate, as well as Number and Severity of Pancreatic Fistulae after Pancreatoduodenectomy	10
Outcomes of Gas-Forming Pyogenic Liver Abscess Are Comparable to Non-Gas-Forming Pyogenic Liver Abscess in the Era of Multi-Modal Care: A Propensity Score Matched Study	10
Cl-Amidine Improves Survival and Attenuates Kidney Injury in a Rabbit Model of Endotoxic Shock	10
Awareness of Practice and Comparison with Best Evidence in Surgical Site Infection Prevention in Colorectal Surgery	10
Basic Introduction to Statistics in Medicine, Part 1: Describing Data	10
Reliability of d-Dimer Determination in Diagnosis of Peri-Prosthetic Joint Infection: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	10
Development of the Bacterial Spectrum and Antimicrobial Resistance in Surgical Site Infections of Trauma Patients	10
Viral Infections in Burns	10
Involvement of the Commensal Organism Bacillus subtilis in the Pathogenesis of Anastomotic Leak	9
Diagnosis and Treatment of Retroperitoneal Infection	9
Comparison of Surgical Outcomes and Predictors in Patients with Monomicrobial Necrotizing Fasciitis and Sepsis Caused by Vibrio vulnificus, Aeromonas hydrophila, and Aeromonas sobria<	9
Post-Operative Infection Prediction and Risk Factor Analysis in Colorectal Surgery Using Data Mining Techniques: A Pilot Study	9
Diagnosing Post-Cesarean Surgical Site Infections in Rural Rwanda: Development, Validation, and Field Testing of a Screening Algorithm for Use by Community Health Workers	9
Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence for Surgical Decision Making	9
Multi-Center Prospective Study of Restrictive Post-Operative Antibiotic Treatment of Children with Complicated Appendicitis	8
Retrospective Analysis of Non-Surgical Treatment of Acute Cholecystitis	8
Surgical Infection Society Guidance for Restoration of Surgical Services during the Coronavirus Disease-2019 Pandemic	8
Outcomes after Early versus Delayed Urinary Bladder Catheter Removal after Proctectomy for Benign and Malignant Disease in 2,429 Patients: An Observational Cohort Study	8
Fate of Hardware in Spinal Infections	8
Morbidity and Mortality Trends of Pancreatitis: An Observational Study	8
Implementation of World Health Organization Guidelines in the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection in Low- and Middle-Income Countries:What We Know and Do Not Know	8
Transfusion and Infections in the Burn Patient	8
Silver as an Antibiotic-Independent Antimicrobial: Review of Current Formulations and Clinical Relevance	8

Splenectomy versus Imaging-Guided Percutaneous Drainage for Splenic Abscess: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	8
Higher Procalcitonin Level in Cerebrospinal Fluid than in Serum Is a Feasible Indicator for Diagnosis of Intracranial Infection	8
Septic Arthritis of Native Shoulder and Knee Joint: What Are the Differences in Bacterial Spectrum, Treatment, and Outcome?	8
Staging and Personalized Intervention for Infection and Sepsis	7
Surgical Site Infection after Digestive Surgery: Diagnosis and Treatment in a Context of Limited Resources	7
Assessment of Prognosis in Odontogenic Descending Necrotizing Mediastinitis: A Longitudinal Retrospective Study	7
Non-Operative Management of Appendicitis: Evolution, not Revolution	7
Treatment for Mycobacterium abscessus Infection Associated with Fat Grafting	7
Surgical Site Infection after Surgical Stabilization of Rib Fractures: Rare but Morbid	7
Epidemiology and Impact of Healthcare-Associated Infections in Trauma Patients: A National Data Analysis	7
Duration of Antibiotic Therapy in Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections: Shorter is Safe	7
Early Peri-Prosthetic Joint Infection after Hemiarthroplasty for Hip Fracture: Outcomes of Debridement, Antibiotics, and Implant Retention	7
Impact of Incisional Surgical Site Infections on Quality of Life and Patient Satisfaction after General Surgery: A Case Controlled Study	7
Sepsis Definitions in Burns	7
Peri-Operative Antibiotic Prophylaxis Does Not Reduce Surgical Site Infection in Breast Cancer	7
Appendicitis in Low-Resource Settings	7
Clinical Features and Prognosis of Gas-Forming and Non-Gas–Forming Pyogenic Liver Abscess: A Comparative Study	7
Association between Nutrition Protocol with Clostridium butyricum MIYAIRI 588 and Reduced Incidence of Clostridioides difficile Infection in Critically Ill Patients: A Single-Center, Bef	7
Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Efficacy of Appropriate Empiric Anti-Enterococcal Therapy for Intra-Abdominal Infection	7
Pattern of Peri-Operative Antibiotic Use among Surgical Patients in a Regional Referral and Teaching Hospital in Uganda	7
Influence of Ward Environments on External Ventricular Drain Infections: A Retrospective Risk Factor Analysis	7
Aminoglycoside Dosing and Volume of Distribution in Critically Ill Surgery Patients	6
Prevention of Implant-Associated Infection in Neuromodulation: Review of the Literature and Prototype of a Novel Protective Implant Coating	6
Oncostatin M Plays a Critical Role in Survival after Acute Intestinal Ischemia: Reperfusion Injury	6
Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Bariatric Surgical Procedures: Is There an Ideal Antimicrobial Agent?	6
Epidemiology and Drug Resistance Analysis of Mixed Infection in Orthopedic Surgical Sites	6
Effect of Peri-Operative Hyperoxygenation on Surgical Site Infection in Patients Undergoing Emergency Abdominal Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial	6
Intestinal Aspergillosis: Systematic Review on Patterns of Clinical Presentation and Management	6
Surgical Infection Society: Chest Wall Injury Society Recommendations for Antibiotic Use during Surgical Stabilization of Traumatic Rib or Sternal Fractures to Reduce Risk of Implant Infection	6
Novel Therapeutics for the Treatment of Burn Infection	6
Pre- and Peri-Operative Factors Associated with Chronic Critical Illness in Liver Transplant Recipients	6
A Simple Three-Tier Classification System for Triage, Communication, and Resource Utilization by Patients Afflicted with COVID-19 Disease	6
Antibacterial Effect of Copper Sulfide Nanoparticles on Infected Wound Healing	6
Innovations in Infection Prevention and Treatment	6
Predictive Factors and Microbial Spectrum for Infectious Complications after Hepatectomy with Cholangiojejunostomy in Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma	6
High Number of Door Openings Increases the Bacterial Load of the Operating Room	6
Prophylactic Use of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Reduces Surgical Site Infections in Elective Colorectal Surgery: A Prospective Cohort Study	6
Early Procalcitonin Assessment in the Emergency Department in Patients with Intra-Abdominal Infection: An Excess or a Need?	6
Clinical and Microbiological Analysis of Deep Sternal Wound Infections in Fifty-Two Consecutive Patients	6
Clinical Features of Post-Operative Nosocomial Meningitis in Adults and Evaluation of Efficiency of Intrathecal Treatment	6
Pre-Operative Antibiotic Agents for Facial Fractures: Is More than One Day Necessary?	6
Maximal Infected Mesh Removal with Methylene Blue Injection for Mesh Infection after Inguinal Hernia Repair	5
Reining in Sternal Wound Infections: The Achilles' Heel of Bilateral Internal Thoracic Artery Grafting	5
Risk Factors for Enterococcal Intra-Abdominal Infections and Outcomes in Intensive Care Unit Patients	5
Prophylactic Use of Negative Pressure Therapy in General Abdominal Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	5
Trauma and Antimicrobial Resistance Are Independent Predictors of Inadequate Empirical Antimicrobial Treatment of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Critically Ill Patients	5
Gradually Increasing Surgical Site Infection Prevention Bundle with Monitoring of Potentially Preventable Infections Resulting in Decreasing Overall Surgical Site Infection Rate	5
Review of Pre-Operative Skin Preparation Options Based on Surgical Site in Orthopedic Surgery	5
A Scoring System for Surgical Site Infection after Pancreaticoduodenectomy Using Clinical Data	5
Pyogenic Liver Abscesses Caused by Acute Appendicitis: Frequency and Diagnostic and Therapeutic Recommendations	5
Trends of Intra-Cranial Bacterial Infection in Patients Requiring Emergency Neurosurgery	5
Predictive Factors for Mortality in Pre-Term Neonates with Necrotizing Enterocolitis: A Retrospective Cohort Study	5
Prospective Cohort Study on Timing of Antimicrobial Prophylaxis for Post-Cesarean Surgical Site Infections	5
Bowel Preparation and Oral Antibiotic Agents for Selective Decontamination in Colorectal Surgery: Current Practice, Perspectives, and Trends in Australia and New Zealand, 2019–2020	5
Different Surgeon, Different Duration: Lack of Consensus on the Appropriate Duration of Antimicrobial Prophylaxis and Therapy in Surgical Practice	5
COVID-19–Related Intussusception: A Case Series and Review of the Literature	5
Value and Feasibility of Telephone Follow-Up in Ethiopian Surgical Patients	5
Presentation and Outcomes of Peri-Prosthetic Joint Infection: A Comparison of Culture-Positive and Culture-Negative Disease	5
Evaluation of Twenty-One Cases of Abdominal Tuberculosis: A Single-Center Experience	5
Nylon Skin Sutures Carry a Lower Risk of Post-Operative Infection than Metal Staples in Open Posterior Spine Surgery: A Retrospective Case-Control Study of 270 Patients	5
Difficult to Treat Infections in the Burn Patient	5
Diagnostic Performance of Total Platelet Count, Platelet-to-Lymphocyte Ratio, and Lymphocyte-to-Monocyte Ratio for Overall and Complicated Pediatric Acute Appendicitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-An	5
Recurrent Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections with Atypical Pathogens after Injection Drug Abuse: Another Manifestation of the Opioid Crisis	5
Bacterial Virulence Factors and Their Contribution to Pathophysiology after Thermal Injury	5
Outcome of Patients with Surgical Site Infection after Craniotomy	4
Utility of the Laboratory Risk Indicator for Necrotizing Fasciitis Score: Comorbid Conditions Do Matter	4
Stakeholder Engagement Significantly Decreased Colorectal Surgical Site Infections	4
Proposed Classification of Incision Complications: Analysis of a Prospective Study on Elective Open Lower-Limb Revascularization	4
Infection or Inflammation: Are Uncomplicated Acute Appendicitis, Acute Cholecystitis, and Acute Diverticulitis Infectious Diseases?	4
Improving Antibiotic Stewardship in Acute Appendicitis through Risk-Based Empiric Treatment Selection	4
Multi-Drug–Resistant Bacterial Infection after Pancreatoduodenectomy: Risk Factors and Clinical Impact	4
Evaluation of Antibiotic Duration after Surgical Debridement of Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection	4
Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Rates of Ninety-Day Peri-Prosthetic Joint and Surgical Site Infections after Primary Total Joint Arthroplasty: A Multicenter, Retrospective Study	4
Fatal Necrotizing Soft-Tissue Infection Caused byClostridium tetaniin an Injecting Drug User: A Case Report	4
Effect of Intra-Operative Hypothermia on Post-Operative Morbidity in Patients with Colorectal Cancer	4
Risk Factors for Infection of Sutured Maxillofacial Soft Tissue Injuries	4
Letter to the Editor: Between-Group Comparison Fallacy (Re: Surg Infect 2022;3:1-8; doi: 10.1089/sur.2021.154)	4
Global Treatment Outcome after Surgical Site Infection in Elective Degenerative Lumbar Spinal Operations	4
Basic Introduction to Statistics in Medicine, Part 2: Comparing Data	4
Ineffective Erythropoietin Response to Anemia in Sepsis	4

Clinical Efficacy and Safety of Cefoperazone–Sulbactam in Treatment of Intra-Abdominal Infections: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	4
Association of Intra-Operative Bile Culture with Post-Operative Complications after Pancreaticoduodenectomy	4
Challenges of Modeling Outcomes for Surgical Infections: A Word of Caution	4
Effect of an Intensified Antibiotic Stewardship Program at an Orthopedic Surgery Department	4
Inadequate Antibiotic Therapy Results in Higher Recurrence Rate after Drainage of Complicated Peri-Rectal Abscess	4
Long-Acting Lipoglycopeptides for the Treatment of Bone and Joint Infections	4
Direct Peritoneal Resuscitation in Trauma Patients Results in Similar Rates of Intra-Abdominal Complications	4
Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection in the Elderly: Effect of Pre-Operative Factors on Mortality and Discharge Disposition	4
Prevention of Orthopedic Prosthetic Infections Using Evidence-Based Surgical Site Infection Care Bundles: A Narrative Review	4
Omicron, Long-COVID, and the Safety of Elective Surgery for Adults and Children: Joint Guidance from the Therapeutics and Guidelines Committee of the Surgical Infection Society and the Surgery Strateg	4
Influence of Socioeconomic and Environmental Determinants of Health on Human Infection and Colonization with Antibiotic-Resistant and Antibiotic-Associated Pathogens: A Scoping Review	4
Reduction of Surgical Site Infection After Trauma Laparotomy Through Use of a Specific Protocol for Antibiotic Prophylaxis	4
Early Recognition of Coronavirus 2019 Disease (COVID-19) Infection in Surgical Inpatients: The Importance of a Risk-Stratified Approach for Early Testing and Isolation	4
Influence of Bio-sorb® Cream on Sweat Production and Efficacy of Surgical Hand Antisepsis Under Surgical Gloves	4
Hydatid Disease of the Liver in the Middle East: A Single Center Experience	4
Pitfalls in Study Interpretation	4
Qualitative Thematic Analysis of Knowledge and Practices of Surgical Antimicrobial Prophylaxis at a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital	4
Intermediate-Term Evaluation of Initial Non-Surgical Management of Pediatric Perianal Abscess and Fistula-In-Ano	4
Impact of Multi-Drug–Resistant Pneumonia on Outcomes of Critically Ill Trauma Patients	4
Audit of Post-Splenectomy Prophylaxis in a Single Tertiary Center in Slovenia: Where Are We and What Should Be Done?	4
Risk Factors of DAIR Failure and Validation of the KLIC Score: A Multicenter Study of Four Hundred Fifty-Five Patients	4
Fever Is Associated with Reduced Mortality in Trauma and Surgical Intensive Care Unit-Acquired Infections	4
Globulin and Albumin/Globulin Ratios as Potential Biomarkers for the Diagnosis of Acute and Chronic Peri-Prosthetic Joint Infections: A Retrospective Study	4
Gut Microbiome in Sepsis	4
Aeromonas caviae and Aeromonas veronii Causing Acute Cholecystitis	4
Fatal Case of Perforated Cytomegalovirus Colitis: Case Report and Systematic Review	4
Immediate Closure of Abdominal Cavity with Biologic Mesh versus Temporary Abdominal Closure of Open Abdomen in Non-Trauma Emergency Patients (CLOSE-UP Study)	4
Global Perspectives in Controversies Related to the Management of Intra-Abdominal Infections	4
Increased Surgical Site Subcutaneous Fat Thickness Is Associated with Infection after Posterior Cervical Fusion	4
Risk Stratification for Superficial Surgical Site Infection after Emergency Trauma Laparotomy	4
Prophylactic Drainage after Appendectomy for Perforated Appendicitis in Adults: A Post Hoc Analysis of an EAST Multi-Center Study	4
Patient and Provider Preferences for Monitoring Surgical Wounds Using an mHealth App: A Formative Qualitative Analysis	4
Current Practice of Acute Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management in China (PANDA-C): A National Cross-Sectional Survey	4