Abstract:Objective: To explore the six common surgical site infections (SSI) and related risk factors in elderly patients after gastrointestinal surgery. Methods: The clinical data of 1,730 patients treated with general surgery in our hospital from December 2014 to November 2019 were retrospectively analyzed, including 350 cases of cholecystectomy, 555 cases of colon surgery, 132 cases of esophageal surgery, 364 cases of gastric surgery, 179 cases of rectal surgery and 150 cases of small bowel surgery. Collect the patient"s age, gender, previous medical history, type of surgery, operation time, intraoperative blood transfusion, anesthesia method, whether laparoscopic surgery, emergency surgery, taking immunosuppressive drugs, anti-diabetic drugs, steroids, surgical incision classification and American College of Anesthesiologists (ASA) classification and other clinical data. Observe the incidence of SSI during the hospitalization of patients, and use multivariate logistic regression to analyze the risk factors of SSI. Results: Of the 1,730 patients undergoing gastrointestinal surgery, 111 (6.4%) were infected by superficial incisions, 93 (5.4%) were infected by deep incisions and organs / spaces, and 204 (11.8%) were overall SSI. Among them, patients with cholecystectomy had the lowest incidence of SSI (3.4%), and patients with esophageal surgery had the highest incidence of SSI (18.9%). After stratified according to the type of operation, intraoperative blood transfusion, long operation time, antidiabetic drugs, and surgical incision III / IV were common risk factors for SSI in more than five common gastrointestinal surgery patients (P<0.05). Multivariate logistic regression analysis results show that age, intraoperative blood transfusion, antidiabetic drugs, steroids, operation time, surgical incision III / IV, ASA grade ≥3, and emergency surgery were important risk factors for SSI in common gastrointestinal surgery Risk factors (P<0.05). Laparoscopic surgery was a protective factor for SSI (P<0.05). Conclusion: Age, intraoperative blood transfusion, antidiabetic drugs, steroids, operation time, surgical incision III / IV, ASA grade ≥ 3, emergency surgery were important risk factors for SSI in patients with common gastrointestinal surgery, and laparoscopic surgery was SSI Protection factor.