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Patient experiences of, and preferences for, surgical wound care education. [PDF]
Int Wound J, 2023 The aim of this study was to describe patients' experiences of, and preferences for, surgical wound care discharge education and how these experiences predicted their ability to self‐manage their surgical wounds.
Tobiano G +10 more
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Retrospective review of risk factors for surgical wound dehiscence and incisional hernia [PDF]
BMC Surgery, 2017 BACKGROUND: Several factors and patient characteristics influence the risk of surgical wound dehiscence and incisional hernia after midline laparotomy.
Bodil Gessler +5 more
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THE SURGICAL TECHNIQUE OF ASEPTIC WOUNDS. [PDF]
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1895 Notwithstanding the revolution already wrought in the technique of wound treatment, I must yet think that no subject more important or practical can be brought before the profession at the present. Wound infection, in a general way, is fairly well understood, and those who have given special attention to the subject will, at least in a large degree ...
HENRY O. MARCY
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Prophylactic negative pressure wound therapy in patients with closed surgical wound: An integrative review. [PDF]
Turk J Surg, 2023 Surgical site infection is the leading healthcare-associated infection and a major contributor to rising healthcare costs. Implementation of measures to reduce this problem, particularly the prophylactic use of negative pressure wound therapy, may be an ...
Tendeiro D +3 more
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The Timing of Prophylactic Administration of Antibiotics and the Risk of Surgical-Wound Infection [PDF]
New England Journal of Medicine, 1992 BACKGROUND Randomized, controlled trials have shown that prophylactic antibiotics are effective in preventing surgical-wound infections. However, it is uncertain how the timing of antibiotic administration affects the risk of surgical-wound infection in ...
David C. Classen +5 more
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Surgical Wound Morbidity in an Austere Surgical Environments [PDF]
Military Medicine, 2000 Surgical wound morbidity was analyzed for a U.S. military field hospital deployed to the Republic of Haiti in support of Operation New Horizons 1998. The purpose of the analysis was to determine whether procedures performed in the field hospital had greater infectious risks as a result of the environment compared with historical reports for traditional
Myra Dortch +7 more
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Post-surgical clinical monitoring of soft tissue wound healing in periodontal and implant surgery [PDF]
International Journal of Medical Sciences, 2017 Clinical features of surgical soft tissue wound healing in dentistry have been rarely discussed in the international literature. The aim of the present paper is to highlight both the main clinical findings of surgical wound healing, especially in ...
Pippi R.
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Monte Carlo simulations and phantom modeling for spatial frequency domain imaging of surgical wound monitoring. [PDF]
J Biomed Opt, 2023 Postoperative surgical wound infection is a serious problem around the globe, including in countries with advanced healthcare systems, and a method for early detection of infection is urgently required.
Zhang L, Bounds A, Girkin J.
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Debridement for surgical wounds [PDF]
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2008 Surgical wounds that become infected are often debrided because clinicians believe that removal of this necrotic or infected tissue will expedite wound healing. There are numerous methods available but no consensus on which one is most effective for surgical wounds.To determine the effect of different methods of debridement on the rate of debridement ...
Smith, Fiona +3 more
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International Wound Journal, 2023 Hospital‐acquired infections (HAIs) are considered a major challenge in health care systems. One of the main HAIs, playing an important role in increased morbidity and mortality, is surgical wound infection.
M. T. Ashoobi +9 more
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