Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Surgical checklist cuts infection risk after dog gut surgery
By Launcelott, Zoë A et al.·Published in The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne·2019·Red Bank Veterinary Hospital, United States·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Effects of a surgical checklist on decreasing incisional infections following foreign body removal from the gastrointestinal tract in dogs.
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Plain-English summary
A group of dogs that underwent surgery to remove foreign objects from their stomachs and intestines was studied to see if using a surgical checklist could reduce the risk of infections at the surgery site. The infection rate dropped from nearly 20% to about 12% when the checklist was used. This suggests that following a structured approach during surgery can help keep dogs safer and healthier after such procedures.
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Abstract
Two similar populations of dogs were evaluated in either a retrospective or prospective manner for 2 weeks after gastrointestinal foreign body surgery to determine the impact of a surgical checklist on the surgical site infection (SSI) rate. The medical records of 201 gastrointestinal foreign body surgeries were reviewed to determine the SSI rate without the use of a surgical checklist (SC-) and 101 consecutive gastrointestinal foreign body surgeries were performed using a surgical checklist (SC+). The SSI rate had a significant decrease from 19.9% to 11.9% with the use of the surgical checklist. When combining the cohorts, statistically significant predictors for development of an SSI following gastrointestinal foreign body removal included: a combined gastrotomy and enterotomy, an enterotomy, and known self-trauma.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30651653/