Researchers analyzed the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database. They compared patients undergoing open procedures and MIS procedures using propensity score matching.
The study found:
• Patients undergoing MIS appendectomy procedures had a 3.8 percent rate of postoperative SSIs as compared to 7 percent rate for patients undergoing open appendectomy procedures.
• Patients undergoing MIS colectomy had a 9.3 percent postoperative SSI rate versus a 15 percent rate for open colectomies.
• Patients undergoing MIS hysterectomy procedures had a 1.8 percent rate of SSIs as compared with a 3.9 percent SSI rate in open hysterectomies.
• Patients undergoing MIS radical prostatectomy had a 1 percent postoperative SSI rate versus a 2.4 percent rate for open radical prostatectomy procedures.
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