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Performing procedures in a clinic or office setting played a role in providing a continued high level of patient care for foot and ankle surgeons.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:bold>Methods:<\/jats:bold>\n                    We conducted a retrospective review of 205 procedures in 121 patients who had undergone elective podiatric medical\/orthopedic procedures performed in an office setting from February 1, 2018, through July 31, 2021. No patients were given preoperative antibiotics. The following data were extracted: patient age, sex, history of diabetes mellitus, peripheral neuropathy, development of postoperative infection, severity of infection, follow-up time in weeks, and antibiotic use prophylactically and if used postoperatively.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold>\n                    The overall infection rate for this study was 1.95%, all of which were superficial infections. The most common procedure performed was a flexor tenotomy, followed by hardware removal. Removing flexor tenotomy procedures, the incidence of postoperative infection was 3.3%.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:bold>Conclusions:<\/jats:bold>\n                    Performing procedures in an office clinical setting is an effective and safe means to treat patients with similar if not lower infection rates compared with a hospital or surgery center in modern literature.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.7547\/21-238","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,3,24]],"date-time":"2025-03-24T09:36:14Z","timestamp":1742808974000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Surgical Site Infection Rate from Office-Based Foot and Ankle Surgeries: A Retrospective Analysis"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"115","author":[{"given":"Lucas","family":"Adams","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Kent State University College of Podiatric Medicine, Independence, OH. 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