Welcome to Sling Health Vasculink Team
Surgical-site infection is a potential complication of many vascular procedures, but in many cases, it is preventable with the proper precautions (1). However, those precautions may make procedures more expensive in terms of both time and money, and such additional measures may not be justified for all patients. After analysis of both past studies and reviewing more recent patient data, we propose a novel algorithm to predict which patients are at the highest risk for surgical infection. We have also developed a mobile application to allow surgeons to rapidly determine a given patient's postsurgical infection risk.
We are currently working on a paper that will evaluate the effectiveness of our algorithm in predicting post-surgical infection. Intermediate results suggest 93% positive predictive value. More data will be posted as it becomes available. 1) Leigh et al, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.03.022 |
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The following studies were consulted in the design of our algorithm:
- Validated prediction model for severe groin wound infection after lower extremity revascularization procedures (link)
- Prophylactic Muscle Flaps in Vascular Surgery (link)
- Multivariable Predictors of Postoperative Surgical Site Infection after General and Vascular Surgery: Results from the Patient Safety in Surgery Study (link)