Surgical site infection prevention
Measures to prevent infections after surgery.
Papers per year
Each bar is 12 months; the last one ends 17 Oct 2026. New trials in the same years: 11, 21, 14, 27, 27.
New guidelines and consensus this year
- Peri-operative management of diabetes mellitus: a multidisciplinary consensus statement from the Association of Anaesthetists and the Joint British Diabetes Societies for Inpatient Care groupAnaesthesia2026 Aug
- International guideline on antimicrobial stewardship and the role of microbial-binding dressings in wound care 2026: infection prevention, control, early intervention and treatmentJ Wound Care2026 May
- [Perioperative and Periinterventional Antibiotic Prophylaxis]Laryngorhinootologie2026 Mar
- Surgical Infection Society Guidelines on the Prevention and Management of Pediatric Intra-Abdominal Infection: 2025 UpdateSurg Infect (Larchmt)2026 Feb
- European Guideline on Pre-Operative Prevention of Surgical Site Infections Following Digestive Surgery: A Joint Update of the WHO SSI Guideline for Gastrointestinal Surgery by UEG, ESCP, EAES, and SIS-EUnited European Gastroenterol J2025 Dec
All papers from the last 12 months
735 papers (18 Oct 2025 – 17 Oct 2026), newest first. Loading the full list…
- Clinical Leadership, Evaluation, and Action Network for surgical site infection control: protocol enhancement in SudanIJID Reg2026 DecPMID 42830774
- Multifunctional TPU-HAp/HA-TiO(2) membranes for prosthesis osteointegration and prevention of in situ infectionInt J Pharm X2026 DecPMID 42751347
- Onset of first symptoms and timing of clinician notification of surgical site infections following cesarean section: evidence from six tertiary hospitals in NigeriaInfect Prev Pract2026 DecPMID 42701537
- Compliance with preoperative antibiotic prophylaxis in cesarean delivery and its impact on surgical site infections: A national retrospective study of JordanGlob Health Res Policy2026 DecPMID 42389645
- Comparing the efficacy of chlorhexidine and povidone-iodine for surgical site disinfection: a systematic review and meta-analysis from randomized controlled trialsAnn Med2026 DecPMID 41755546Meta-analysisSystematic review
- Postoperative infections following silicone implant-based gluteal augmentationJPRAS Open2026 NovPMID 42866462Review
- Accidental peri- and intraoperative faecal contamination in clean Orthopaedic Surgeries: A scoping review and proposal of a structured damage mitigation protocolJ Clin Orthop Trauma2026 NovPMID 42799036Review
- Early bacterial infectious complications following kidney transplantation: Epidemiology, microbiology and clinical outcomesJ Infect Public Health2026 NovPMID 42766970
- Enterprise risk management-based framework for surgical site infection prevention in gynecologic surgery: A multidisciplinary implementation studyAm J Infect Control2026 NovPMID 42386092
- Hand and Wrist Trauma: Antimicrobials and Infection-Audit of Clinical Practice (HAWAII-ACP)J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg2026 NovPMID 41519655
More general surgery trends
All specialties →Antibiotics for appendicitis
Treating uncomplicated appendicitis with antibiotics instead of surgery.
Key point: Non-operative management of acute uncomplicated appendicitis was associated with high long-term failure rates and significant risk of subsequent appendectomy.
ICG fluorescence-guided surgery
Indocyanine green imaging during surgery to assess perfusion and anatomy.
Key point: FIGS with ICG is recommended for detecting non-regional metastases, identifying primary cancers and GI cancer lymph nodes, and assessing esophageal and left-sided colorectal anastomosis quality.
Metabolic and bariatric surgery
Sleeve gastrectomy, gastric bypass and other surgery for obesity and metabolic disease.
Organ preservation in rectal cancer
Total neoadjuvant therapy and watch-and-wait approaches for rectal cancer.
Key point: A higher radiation boost dose was not significantly associated with achieving clinical complete response or durability of organ preservation after total neoadjuvant therapy.
Mesh in ventral hernia repair
Mesh choice and technique in ventral and incisional hernia repair.
HIPEC and PIPAC
Intraperitoneal chemotherapy for peritoneal metastases.
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How these numbers are counted
PubMed query, searched in titles and abstracts by publication date:
"surgical site infection*"[tiab] AND prevent*[tiab]Trials: ClinicalTrials.gov studies first submitted in each 12-month window that match the same terms. A query can miss synonyms or catch unrelated papers, so treat counts as approximate.