Occurrence of surgical site infection and associated factors in videolaparoscopic cholecystectomy

Objective: identify the occurrence and risk factors related with surgical site infection in patients submitted to videolaparoscopic cholecystectomy. Methods: descriptive study developed at a private hospital, involving 118 patients. For the data collection, a tool was elaborated that was submitted to face and content validation. For the data analysis, the software Statistical Package for the Social Sciences was used. Results: the occurrence of infection amounted to 5.9% (n=7). The cases were diagnosed during post-discharge surveillance. The results showed no statistically significant difference between the research variables and the presence of surgical site infection (bivariate analysis). Conclusion: at the place of study, the occurrence of surgical site infection was high, without an association between the research factors and the presence of this type of infection.