Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica
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Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand · Jan 2011
Multicenter Study Comparative StudySurgical-site infections and postoperative complications: agreement between the Danish Gynecological Cancer Database and a randomized clinical trial.
Surgical-site infections are serious complications and thorough follow-up is important for accurate surveillance. We aimed to compare the frequency of complications recorded in a clinical quality database with those noted in a randomized clinical trial with follow-up visits. ⋯ The randomized trial reported significantly more surgical-site infections than the clinical database. The DGCD reported only 50% of the deep and organ-space infections, and hence, the low-overall agreement indicates a need for more careful database registration.