Surgical infections
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Surgical infections · Jun 2014
Randomized Controlled TrialTriclosan-coated abdominal closure sutures reduce the incidence of surgical site infections after pancreaticoduodenectomy.
Surgical site infection (SSI) is a serious complication after pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD). To prevent microbial colonization of suture material in operative wounds, triclosan-coated polyglactin sutures with antibacterial activity have been developed recently. Several clinical studies have shown that the use of such suture reduces SSIs in various operations, but its efficacy in PD has not been studied. We evaluated whether the incidence of SSI can be reduced when triclosan-coated sutures are used for abdominal incision closure after PD. ⋯ The use of triclosan-coated sutures may help reduce the incidence of SSI after PD compared with conventional non-antibiotic sutures.