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Surgical site infections [PDF]

South African Family Practice, 2014
No abstract available.
D.C. Nel
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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 ...
Katharine Barnes
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Surgical site infections: a comprehensive review [PDF]

Journal of Trauma and Injury
Surgical site infections (SSIs) represent a major public health challenge, contributing to increased morbidity, mortality, and healthcare costs worldwide.
Ahmad Reza Rezaei, Damian Zienkiewicz, Amir Reza Rezaei   +2 more
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Incisional negative pressure wound therapy for the prevention of surgical site infection: an up-to-date meta-analysis and trial sequential analysisResearch in context

EClinicalMedicine, 2023
Summary: Background: The evidence on prophylactic use of negative pressure wound therapy on primary closed incisional wounds (iNPWT) for the prevention of surgical site infections (SSI) is confusing and ambiguous.
Hannah Groenen, Hasti Jalalzadeh, Dennis R. Buis, Yasmine E.M. Dreissen, Jon H.M. Goosen, Mitchel Griekspoor, Wouter J. Harmsen, Frank F.A. IJpma, Maarten J. van der Laan, Roald R. Schaad, Patrique Segers, Wil C. van der Zwet, Stijn W. de Jonge, Ricardo G. Orsini, Anne M. Eskes, Niels Wolfhagen, Marja A. Boermeester   +16 more
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Surgical Site Infections

Critical Care Nurse, 2019
Surgical site infections are caused by bacteria that get in through incisions made during surgery. They threaten the lives of millions of patients each year and contribute to the spread of antibiotic resistance. Surgical site infection (SSI) rates are used extensively by hospitals as a basis for quality improvement.
Aqsa Shakoor, William Middlesworth, Lisa Saiman   +2 more
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Six Long-Standing Questions about Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Surgery

Antibiotics, 2023
Surgical site infections (SSIs) are the most common adverse event occurring in surgical patients. Optimal prevention of SSIs requires the bundled integration of a variety of measures before, during, and after surgery. Surgical antibiotic prophylaxis (SAP)
Massimo Sartelli, Marja A. Boermeester, Miguel Cainzos, Federico Coccolini, Stijn W. de Jonge, Kemal Rasa, E. Patchen Dellinger, Deborah A. McNamara, Donald E. Fry, Yunfeng Cui, Samir Delibegovic, Zaza Demetrashvili, Belinda De Simone, George Gkiokas, Timothy C. Hardcastle, Kamal M. F. Itani, Arda Isik, Francesco Maria Labricciosa, Varut Lohsiriwat, Sanjay Marwah, Tadeja Pintar, Jennifer Rickard, Vishal G. Shelat, Fausto Catena, Philip S. Barie   +24 more
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Surgical site infections in an abdominal surgical ward at Kosovo Teaching Hospital

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2007
Background: Abdominal surgical site infections (SSI) cause substantial morbidity and mortality for patients undergoing operative procedures. We determined the incidence of and risk factors for SSI after abdominal surgery in the Department of Abdominal ...
Lul Raka,1,3 Avdyl Krasniqi,2,3 Faton Hoxha,2,3 Ruustem Musa,2 Gjyle Mulliqi,1,3 Selvete Krasniqi,1,3 Arsim Kurti,1,3 Antigona Dervishaj,1,3 Beqir Nuhiu,2 Baton Kelmendi,2 Dalip Limani,2,3 Ilir Tolaj.3
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Antimicrobial prophylaxis uses and incidence of surgical site infection in Jayanagar General Hospital, Bangalore, India

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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Prevalence of operative complications in obstetric and gynecological surgeries requiring interventions by a general surgeon and their associated risk factors: A retrospective study in a tertiary care hospital in Vindhya region

Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2022
Background: Surgical complications can occur in any surgery despite the best possible efforts, thereby affecting the prognosis. Gynecological and obstetric surgeries also result in some complications which require interventions by a general surgeon ...
Saddam Singh , Ashish Pratap Singh , Anil Chouhan , Ajay Patidar   +3 more
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Antibiotics for preventing infection at the surgical site: Single dose vs. multiple doses

Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal, 2023
Background: Surgical site infections are common and expensive infections that can cause fatalities or poor patient outcomes. To prevent these infections, antibiotic prophylaxis is used. However, excessive antibiotic use is related to higher costs and the
Nehad J. Ahmed, Abdul Haseeb, PhD, Abdullmoin AlQarni, Manal AlGethamy, Ahmad J. Mahrous, Ahmed M. Alshehri, Abdullah K Alahmari, Safa S. Almarzoky Abuhussain, Ahmed Mohammed Ashraf Bashawri, Amer H. Khan   +9 more
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