 The study found that the incidence of surgical site infection, SSI, among patients undergoing elective surgery of the colon and rectum was 12.3 percent. Risk factors associated with SSI included non-administration of preoperative enteral nutrition, diabetes mellitus, heart disease, symptomatic state at the diagnosis of colorectal cancer, and greater than or equal to two altered nutritional biochemical parameters at diagnosis. Patients who did not receive preoperative enteral nutrition had a lower chance of developing SSI compared to those who did. Additionally, patients with heart disease, diabetes mellitus, and symptoms at the time of diagnosis of colorectal cancer were more likely to develop SSI. Furthermore, patients who underwent laparoscopy had a lower chance of developing SSI than those who underwent open surgery. Finally, the average length of hospital stay was longer in patients with SSI compared to those without it. This article was authored by Javier Pia with Tilda Ramozan Zanegui, Marco Solanzogarca, Diego Rodriguez-Viller, and others. We are article.tv, links in the description below.