Pandemic shadows in the operating room how COVID-19 altered the risk and timing of surgical site infections: a multivariable risk assessment and time-to-event analysis in a cohort of abdominal surgery patients
SSIs remain a significant postoperative concern. Diabetes, wound contamination, and hyperglycemia were consistent predictors. Pandemic-related procedural adaptations may have delayed infection onset, underscoring the need for extended postoperative surveillance and context-specific infection-control strategies during public-health emergencies.
Authors
- Ahmed T AlHawamdeh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-6030-5767)
- Badr Alshehri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-7647-3893)
- Ali A. Rabaan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6774-9847)
- Sultan Alshehri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0922-9819)
- Fatimah Alshahrani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4646-7488)
- Rasha Assiri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8946-4618)
- Abba Amsami Elgujja (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0476-8810)
- Hamad Ali Alyami (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-3320-4391)
- Mohamed Yaser Alquhidan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-5153-2176)
- Mohammed N. Alhuqbani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2627-6270)
- Thamir Alsaeed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0936-281X)
- Stéphane Adam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8157-4641)
- Ibraheem Altamimi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5149-0877)
- Bassam Tarig Alkhuwaitir (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-4282-3447)
- Mohammed Alshehri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-5795-3309)
- Saud Alhasani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-7028-6384)
- Nada Abdullah Alharbi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4674-4921)
Institutions
- Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University (SA)
- Alfaisal University (SA)
- Qassim University (SA)
- Saudi Aramco Medical Services Organization (SA)
- King Saud Medical City (SA)
- University of Haripur (PK)
- King Saud University (SA)
- King Khalid University Hospital (SA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-11-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-025-12115-7
- Primary Topic
- Surgical site infection prevention
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00