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Postoperative Wundinfektionen: Epidemiologie und Prävention

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Infektionen gehören zu den häufigsten Komplikationen nach chirurgischen Eingriffen. Vor mehr als 70 Jahren schrieb ein Beobachter: „Es gab Zeiten im Krankenhaus, da sind alle chirurgischen Patienten verstorben. Eine Operation kam einer Exekution gleich.“ Die Zeiten haben sich geändert, chirurgische Wundinfektionen nach Routineeingriffen lassen sich heutzutage in der großen Mehrzahl vermeiden, dank Asepsis, anderen Präventivmaßnahmen und Fortschritten in der chirurgischen Technik. Im Folgenden werden die Grundsätze der Pathogenese und Epidemiologie von postoperativen Wundinfektionen entsprechend dem aktuellen Stand des Wissens präsentiert.

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Harbarth, S. (2018). Postoperative Wundinfektionen: Epidemiologie und Prävention. In: Dettenkofer, M., Frank, U., Just, HM., Lemmen, S., Scherrer, M. (eds) Praktische Krankenhaushygiene und Umweltschutz. Springer Reference Medizin. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40600-3_6

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