TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Surgical Site Infections A1 - Shaughnessy, Erin E. A1 - Sitzman, Thomas J. A2 - Shah, Samir S. A2 - Kemper, Alex R. A2 - Ratner, Adam J. Y1 - 2019 N1 - T2 - Pediatric Infectious Diseases: Essentials for Practice, 2e AB - A surgical site infection (SSI) is an infection that occurs after surgery in the part of the body where the surgery took place.1,2 National rates of SSI in children range from 1.8%3 to 2.5%.4 However, SSI rates vary according to the specific center and also according to the type of surgery.4 Surgical procedures with elevated rates of SSI in children include cardiothoracic (2.3–5%),5 neurosurgical ventricular shunt (5.7–10.4%),6 and spinal fusion (4.4–10.2%).7–9 SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/20 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1157324754 ER -