Using data from the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program, researchers evaluated the differences in 30-day SSI rates between open surgery and MIS.
They found MIS was associated with much lower SSI rates — about half those of open surgery. For MIS, however, 30-day infection rates differed by procedure:
- Appendectomy: 3.8 percent
- Colectomy: 9.3 percent
- Hysterectomy: 1.8 percent
- Radical prostatectomy: 1.0 percent
Researchers concluded MIS itself is not synonymous with low infection risk, though it was associated with reduced risk of SSIs compared to open surgical procedures.
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