Is Full Scrubbing Necessary Before Short Endourological Procedures to Reduce the Risk of Post-Operative Infection? A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study.

Endoscopic surgery is now increasingly taking the place of open surgery in urology. Traditionally, endourological procedures are classified as clean-contaminated because the genitourinary tract is colonized by micro-flora, even in the case of sterile urine. The aim of this study was to determine whether a difference occurs in the infection rate after short endourological procedures using standard scrubbing and partial scrubbing techniques before the operations.