The goal of this study was to investigate factors associated with 30-day readmission in a multivariate model, including the CDC wound classes “clean,
Supplemental Digital Content is Available in the Text.#The purpose of this investigation was to evaluate the utility of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Surgical Wound Classification (SWC) in predicting surgical site infection (SSI) after orthopaedic trauma procedures.#Retrospective cohort study....
SURGICALWOUNDCLASSIFICATION ClassI/Clean:Anuninfectedoperativewoundinwhichnoinflammationisencounteredandtherespiratory,alimentary,genital,oruninfected urinarytractisnotentered.Inaddition,cleanwoundsareprimarilyclosedand,ifnecessary,drainedwithcloseddrainage.Operative incisionalwoundsthatfollownonpenetrating(blunt)traumashould...