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Identification of risk factors by systematic review and development of risk-adjusted models for surgical site infection [PDF]

, 2011
Background: Surgical site infections (SSIs) are complications of surgery that cause significant postoperative morbidity. SSI has been proposed as a potential indicator of the quality of care in the context of clinical governance and monitoring of the ...
Wilson, AP, Pearson, A. (Andrew), ZH Krukowski, Bruce, J, Krukowski, Zygmunt H., Gibbons, C., Pearson, A, Lamping, Donna Louise, Reeves, BC, AP Wilson, DL Lamping, J Wilson, Krukowski, ZH, Lamping, DL, J Carpenter, Krukowki, ZH, J Bruce, Carpenter, J., Gibbons, C, A Pearson, Wilson, J, Wilson, A. P. (A. Peter), BC Reeves, Reeves, B. C., Wilson, Jennie, RGN, C Gibbons, Bruce, J. (Julie), Carpenter, J   +27 more
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Forearm reconstruction with acellular dermal matrix after giant plexiform neurofibroma excision: case reports [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Cirurgia Plástica, 2022
Introduction: Giant plexiform neurinoma is a neuroectoderm and inherited disease. It is an uncommon skin tumor associated with NF1, characterized as a benign peripheral nerve sheath tumor surrounding multiple nervous fascicles.
Eduardo Madalosso Zanin, Daniele Walter Duarte, Ciro Paz Portinho, Nicolas Endrigo Arpini, Mônica Jimenez Zerpa, João MAximiliano, Antonio Carlos Pinto Oliveira, Marcus Vinicius Martins Collares   +7 more
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A Prospective Randomized Trial of Open Wound Treatment vs Occlusive Dressings in Elective Surgical Cases with Respect to Surgical Site Infections [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2015
Background: Surgical wounds heal by primary intention in all the elective and emergency surgical procedures. Current practice is to place dressing over the closed wound before the patient leaves the sterile environment of the operating theatre ...
Anmol Grover, Amandeep Singh, D S Sidhu
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Interventional studies for preventing surgical site infections in sub-Saharan Africa - A systematic review. [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: There is a great need for safe surgical services in sub-Saharan Africa, but a major difficulty of performing surgery in this region is the high risk of post-operative surgical site infection (SSI).
David M. Karuri, Aiken, Alexander M, Karuri, David M, Karuri, David M., Jana Macleod, Macleod, Jana, Anthony K. Wanyoro, Wanyoro, Anthony K., Aiken, Alexander M., Alexander M. Aiken, Wanyoro, Anthony K   +10 more
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Surgical site infections – an updated review of guidelines in the light of new scientific data

Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2023
Surgical site infections are important and still more growing burden in 2023. WHO estimated that SSIs are one of the most common and frequent healthcare associated infections (HAI), and in the world’s perspective, it can occur up to 10% after surgeries [
Sebastian Lechowski, Aleksandra Kułakowska, Philip Kłakowicz, Bartłomiej Lepczyński, Agnieszka Siedlak   +4 more
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L-arginine: A unique amino acid for improving depressed wound immune function following hemorrhage [PDF]

, 2002
Objective: To determine whether L-arginine has any salutary effects on wound immune cell function following trauma-hemorrhage. Background. Depressed wound immune function contributes to an increased incidence of wound infections following hemorrhage ...
Hatz, Rudolf A., Chaudry, Irshad H., Nitsch, Stefan M., Rudolf A. Hatz, Peter Angele, Mathias W. Wichmann, Angele, Peter, Irshad H. Chaudry, Wichmann, Mathias W., Thomas Hernandez-Richter, Schildberg, Friedrich Wilhelm, Martin K. Angele, Stefan M. Nitsch, Schildberg, Friedrich W., Angele, Martin K., Hernandez-Richter, Thomas, Friedrich W. Schildberg   +16 more
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Soft-tissue coverage for wound complications following total elbow arthroplasty [PDF]

Clinics in Shoulder and Elbow, 2021
Background In patients with total elbow arthroplasty (TEA), the soft-tissue around the elbow can be vulnerable to soft-tissue complications. This study aims to assess the outcomes after soft-tissue reconstruction following TEA. Methods We retrospectively
Arno A. Macken, Jonathan Lans, Satoshi Miyamura, Kyle R. Eberlin, Neal C. Chen   +4 more
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Optimal indication for single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy in benign gallbladder diseases

Journal of Minimally Invasive Surgery, 2022
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy has become a basic procedure for cholecystectomy due to rapid recovery and cosmetic satisfaction after surgery, and it is currently the primary treatment for most benign gallbladder diseases.
Min-Su Park
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Clinical usage of honey as a wound dressing: An update

, 2004
Honey is an ancient treatment that is increasingly earning its place in modern wound care. Evidence suggests it compares with other dressings in terms of its antibacterial properties, ease of use and ability to promote a moist ...
Molan, Peter C.
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Immunohistochemical monitoring of wound healing in antibiotic treated buruli ulcer patients [PDF]

, 2014
While traditionally surgery has dominated the clinical management of Buruli ulcer (BU), the introduction of the combination chemotherapy with oral rifampicin and intramuscular streptomycin greatly improved treatment and reduced recurrence rates.
Arianna Andreoli, Gerd Pluschke, Andreoli, Arianna, Sopoh, Ghislain Emmanuel, Marie-Thérèse Ruf, Ghislain Emmanuel Sopoh, Peter Schmid, Ruf, Marie-Thérèse, Pluschke, Gerd, Schmid, Peter   +9 more
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