Associations Between Surgical Site Infection Risk and Hospital Operation Volume and Surgeon Operation Volume Among Hospitals in the Dutch Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Network

Abstract

Patients operated on by surgeons with a low operation volume seem to have a higher risk of developing an SSI with some procedures, particularly knee arthroplasty. The higher SSI risk for surgeons with a low operation volume is possibly partly mediated by the longer duration of surgery, a well-known risk factor for development of SSI.