When is infection risk highest in terms of time post-surgery?

[Flip_5]

Are there any stats on infection risk post-surgery relative to time since operation? E.g., 90% of infections occur within the first month, then 10% over next few years with 80% of that within 6 months post-op...

Basically, I've been planning on making a move elsewhere internationally but because of ongoing problems, discomfort, pain, etc., with my surgery (now been 7 weeks), I'm delaying this move.

[cbinspok]

I read somewhere on a hospital medical site during my horrible infection bouts that 8-80 data suggests that within 8 weeks from surgery that it is a 80% chance that infection came from the surgery table. I have not been able to find that article again but found it interesting.

[newbie443]

Are there any stats on infection risk post-surgery relative to time since operation? E.g., 90% of infections occur within the first month, then 10% over next few years with 80% of that within 6 months post-op...

Basically, I've been planning on making a move elsewhere internationally but because of ongoing problems, discomfort, pain, etc., with my surgery (now been 7 weeks), I'm delaying this move.

Infection can happen at anytime post op. The information that I understand is that it is highest when you come off the OR table and it decreases over the first year. After the first year the very low almost unheard of risk is the same. That is different from the infection rate for doctors. With low volume doctors having a higher infection rate than higher volume doctors. That is as far as I can tell because doctors that do more implants generally have a higher interest in implants and understand that infection is a greater problem with implant surgery due to the results in lost size. So they take extra care for surgery. One well know NY surgeon has written that most cases of infection were brought into the OR by the man getting the implant. That the source was in the shin tissue and is resistant to common surgery prep. That bleach and alcohol is effective in controlling those sources of infection. No touch and other surgery methods also reduce this. The longer from your implant surgery with out infection the less risk you have. I do not have percentages and I think this would vary from doctor to doctor. The same NY doctor also wrote that men at risk for infection from Diabetes actually had a lower risk for infection in his surgeries and thought that maybe lack of blood flow reduced bleeding that can effect infection rate. This then would be a possible reason that a doctor that does the surgery causing less bleeding would have a lower infection rate.

[Old Guy]

Knew a guy once who had his implant for several years (1990's) and ended up with an infection mid 2000. Rumor has it his toothy girlfriend nicked him.

[Gt1956]

In the Boston Scientific YouTube video that I've mentioned. They did talk about diabetes. Each panel member gave their opinions. The one that I thought was interestng was from Dr. Jones. I think that was his name. He said he was most concerned about the patients glucose level as he was on the table. He gave less attention to his A1C levels. But the lower the A1C the better, but on the table was top concern.