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[Surgical site infections at Töölö hospital and the dog days myth]
Virve Koljonen1, Erkki Tukiainen, Denise Pipping
1Töölön sairaala, plastiikkakirurgian klinikka PL 266, 00029 HUS.
Introduction:
In the Finnish folklore, the time from June 23 to August 23 has been called "rotten month" (dog days), whereupon wound healing is delayed due to infections.
Patients And Methods:
A retrospective comparison was made of surgical infections entered in the infections register at Töölö hospital over the dog days of 2002 to 2005.
Results:
Of 49517 surgical operations, 8 % were performed during dog days, during which the number of contaminated and infected surgeries was higher.
Conclusions:
The risk of deep surgery wound infection of organ infection during dog days is two times higher than at other times.
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