Diseases

Surgical Wound Infection

Infection occurring at the site of a surgical incision.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Infection occurring at the site of a surgical incision.

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Synonyms

15 entry terms
  • Infection, Postoperative Wound
  • Infection, Surgical Wound
  • Postoperative Wound Infection
  • Surgical Site Infection
  • Wound Infection, Postoperative
  • Wound Infection, Surgical
  • Infection, Surgical Site
  • Infections, Postoperative Wound
  • Infections, Surgical Site
  • Infections, Surgical Wound
  • Postoperative Wound Infections
  • Surgical Site Infections
  • Surgical Wound Infections
  • Wound Infections, Postoperative
  • Wound Infections, Surgical

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Aspects Covered

36 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

coordinate IM with specific infection term (IM); do not coordinate with POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Numbers

  1. C01w.947.692
  2. C23.550.767.925

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NLM Classification

WO 185

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Surgical Wound Infection. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013530. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013530
  2. Surgical Wound Infection. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2612403