Aim: To evaluate the incidence of surgical site infection in the Urology Department\nof Brazzaville teaching hospital. Methods: This was a prospective\nstudy performed in the Urology Department and operating room of the\nBrazzaville teaching hospital during six months from February 2nd to July 2nd\n2017. The study concerned all patients who had undergone surgery, selected\nduring the operating program and those who had been in emergency and\nthen hospitalized in the urology department. These patients were followed for\none month after the intervention date. Results: 209 patients were operated on\nof whom 48 had surgical site infection, a cumulative incidence of 22.96%. The\naverage age of infected patients was 58.3 years����.
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