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Prevention of surgical site infections in orthopaedics
Problemy Pielęgniarstwa, 2022 Surgical site infections (SSI) are some of the most serious postoperative complications. Orthopaedic surgery involves a higher risk of developing SSI due to inserting implants into bones that have a very sensitive structure and a good blood supply.
Róża Słowik +2 more
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Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2022 Objective: Wound infections are the commonest hospital-acquired infections in surgical patients. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the pattern of antimicrobial prophylaxis in general surgery in Jayanagar general hospital, Bangalore, India ...
Hassan Allaf Navirian, G A Navyashree
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Risk factors for surgical site infection after hysterectomy
Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2017 Introduction: The aim of the study was to define the clinical and laboratory characteristics of patients who had surgical site infection (SSI) after hysterectomy. Methodology: This study was a retrospective cohort study. The patient data of 840 subjects
Hale Göksever Çelik +4 more
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Reducing surgical site infections [PDF]
Communications Medicine, 2021 The most common complication after surgery is surgical site infection. A recent randomised controlled clinical trial published in The Lancet compared the rate of infections following four different wound closure regimes in low-income and middle-income countries.
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Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2023 Introduction: Surgical site infections are the commonest nosocomial infections following surgeries. They not only increase the morbidity and mortality following surgeries but also have a great impact both psychologically and financially. The aim of this
Poonam Koirala +5 more
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A Study of Methods Used to Reduce Surgical Site Infections
Archives of Clinical and Experimental Surgery, 2012 Objective: Surgical site infections (SSI) remain a cause for concern. The aim of this audit was to assess current practise in an Australian Teaching Hospital when compared to guidelines issued by NICE (UK).
Stuart R. Walker, Tara Anderson
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Association Preoperative Protein Adequacy and Post Elective Laparotomy Surgical Site Infection
The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology, 2023 Background/Aims: Postoperative complications tend to occur in high-risk populations, including those undergoing major surgery. Surgical site infections (SSI) are some of the most common postoperative complications in laparotomy procedures.
Davie Muhamad +2 more
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Diagnostic, clinical management, and outcome of bone flap-related osteomyelitis after cranioplasty
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2023 Objectives: We aimed to describe diagnostic, management, and outcome of bone flap-related osteomyelitis after cranioplasty. Methods: Patients followed up in our tertiary care hospital for bone flap-related osteomyelitis after cranioplasty were included ...
Victor Dechaene +15 more
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BMC Research Notes, 2018 Objective The aim of this study was to assess utilization pattern of surgical antibiotic prophylaxis in surgical wards of Dil Chora Referral Hospital. Results Prophylactic antibiotics were given in all surgical procedures.
Yohanes Ayele, Henok Taye
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Surgical Site Infection in Colorectal Surgery
Indian Journal of Colo-Rectal Surgery, 2019 SSI is a common complication following colorectal surgeries. We present data on the incidence of the same and the factors attributed for its causation at our centre which is a tertiary care centre and a high volume centre for colorectal surgeries. Of the
Arshad Ahmed Baba +6 more
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