[Comparison between antibacterial coated suture vs standard suture to prevent the surgical site infections]

The surgical site infections (SSI) still represent an issue, which causes prolonged hospital staying, major costs for both healthcare system and professional insurance. Recent studies enlighten that using the antibacterial agent triclosan® leads to decrease infections rates. In this observational study we compared two groups of patients undergoing scheduled the so called clean surgery. The absence of SSI was assessed in all patients, 30 days later the surgery, through a telephone interview as indicated by the National Group for SSI surveillance protocol. The use of antibacterial sutures shows to be successful in preventing the SSI in comparison to standard sutures, even if results are not statistically significant.