Surgical site infection after Tibial Plateau Leveling Osteotomies in dogs

The aim of this study was to report surgical site infections (SSI) after Tibial Plateau Leveling Osteotomy (TPLO), treatment course, associated risk factors, bacterial isolates and antimicrobial resistance. Six hundred and twenty-seven dogs and 769 TPLO procedures were retrospectively included. A generalized mixed logistic regression was used to determine possible risk factors. The Chi-Square test of independence was used to examine the relationship between the isolation of multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria and the development of major infections undergoing additional surgical treatment. To assess the correlation between number of SSI and number MDR isolate per year, Pearson's correlation coefficient was calculated. Results showed that ...

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