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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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Infection in prosthetic material [PDF]
, 2015 Surgical site infection (SSI) occurs when a wound created as part of a surgical procedure becomes infected. SSI is one of the most common healthcare-associated infections and occurs in approximately 5% of patients undergoing a surgical procedure. SSI may
Chetter, Ian, Smith, George
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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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Evidence update on prevention of surgical site infection [PDF]
, 2015 Purpose of review: surgical site infection (SSI) is a common health care associated infection and complicates up to 10-20% of operations with considerable health care resources.
Astagneau +42 more
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Antibacterial prophylaxis of surgical site infections in oral surgery: not only and not always systemic antibiotics [PDF]
, 2015 Antibacterial prophylaxis is a set of treatment measures, including antibiotic prophylaxis, under surgeon’s responsibility. If local measures are always to be applied, antibiotic prophylaxis administration needs a careful case selection in order to avoid
Pippi, Roberto
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Preventing Surgical Site Infections [PDF]
Clinical Medicine & Research, 2004 Over the past 50 years, increased interest in the discipline of surgical infection has resulted in advances in post-surgical infection control. Early investigations focused on the importance of anaerobic microflora to postoperative infection and paved the way for significant improvements in prophylactic and therapeutic antibiotic treatment of surgical ...
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A randomized trial comparing skin antiseptic agents at Cesarean delivery [PDF]
, 2016 BACKGROUND: Preoperative skin antisepsis has the potential to decrease the risk of surgical-site infection. However, evidence is limited to guide the choice of antiseptic agent at cesarean delivery, which is the most common major surgical procedure among
Cahill, Alison G +7 more
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The Professional Medical Journal, 2015 Wound infection can be defined as invasion of organisms through tissuesfollowing a breakdown of local and systemic host defenses. The basic principles of wound careand antisepsis introduced during the past century improved surgery dramatically.
Jamshed Bashir +3 more
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Investigation of mediastinitis due to coagulase-negative staphylococci after cardiothoracic surgery. [PDF]
, 2006 Six cases of coagulase-negative staphylococcal mediastinitis were identified in the latter half of 1999. A new preoperative cleansing solution was suspected by hospital staff to be a factor in the outbreak.
Parsonnet, Julie +3 more
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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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