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Does the CDC Surgical Wound Classification adequately predict postoperative infection in lower extremity fracture surgery? [PDF]

OTA Int
Cho E, House H, Marten A, Feffer M, Agel J, Scolaro J, Marmor M, Levack AE.   +7 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Debridement for Surgical Wounds [PDF]

Critical Care Nurse, 2015
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, Dryburgh, Nancy, Donaldson, JH, Mitchell, Melloney   +3 more
openaire   +7 more sources

A multiomics approach to identify host-microbe alterations associated with infection severity in diabetic foot infections: a pilot study

npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, 2021
Diabetic foot infections (DFIs) are a major cause of hospitalization and can lead to lower extremity amputation. In this pilot study, we used a multiomics approach to explore the host–microbe complex within DFIs.
Michael Radzieta, Fatemah Sadeghpour-Heravi, Timothy J. Peters, Honghua Hu, Karen Vickery, Thomas Jeffries, Hugh G. Dickson, Saskia Schwarzer, Slade O. Jensen, Matthew Malone   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

The detection of wound infection by ion mobility chemical analysis [PDF]

, 2020
Surgical site infection represents a large burden of care in the National Health Service. Current methods for diagnosis include a subjective clinical assessment and wound swab culture that may take several days to return a result.
Bechar, Janak, Covington, James A., Daulton, Emma, Hardwicke, Joseph, Wicaksono, Alfian   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Using vacuum in the treatment of surgical wounds complications [PDF]

Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2011
Background/Aim. Using vacuum in medicine has been known from long ago, however, it has not been used for the treatment of wounds. The first experiments in this field were performed by Wagner Fleischmann, University of Ulm, Ulm, West Germany, in 1993 ...
Drašković Miroljub, Leković Ivan, Bjelanović Zoran, Mišović Sidor, Kozarski Jefta   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Early Wound Healing Score: a system to evaluate the early healing of periodontal soft tissue wounds [PDF]

, 2018
Purpose: Numerous indices have been proposed to analyse wound healing in oral soft tissues, but each has specific shortcomings. A new method of analysis, the Early Wound Healing Score (EHS), was evaluated in the present study.
Aghazada, Rustam, Marini, Lorenzo, Pilloni, Andrea, Rojas, Mariana Andrea, Sahrmann, Philipp   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Risk Factors of Surgical Site Infection at Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania [PDF]

, 2012
Surgical site infection (SSI) is a common source of morbidity among operated patients. At Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH), studies indicate that the rate of SSI has been increasing over the past thirty years.
Akoko, L.O., Fredrick, F., Mbembati, N.M., Mwanga, A.H.   +3 more
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A preliminary study of the effect of closed incision management with negative pressure wound therapy over high-risk incisions [PDF]

, 2015
Background Certain postoperative wounds are recognised to be associated with more complications than others and may be termed high-risk. Wound healing can be particularly challenging following high-energy trauma where wound necrosis and infection ...
A Colli, A Koski, A Li, A Wackenfors, A Wackenfors, AE Guille, BJ Stanley, CJ Jordan, D Herscovici Jr, DA Mendonca, David M. R. Sajik, DR Holt, DV Kipaldi, E Krug, EJ Harvey, EJ Timmenga, GI Taylor, GK Berry, GW Stanway, J Bertran, J Compston, J Kanis, JC Murrell, JP Stannard, JP Stannard, JS Weese, JT Thompson, JW Fox, Karen L. Perry, KV Lambert, L Holton, LJ Owen, Lynda Rutherford, M Demaria, M Pachowsky, MF Fay, Mieghan Bruce, MJ Allen, MJ Morykwas, MJ Morywkas, MJ Morywkas, MW Bohling, MW Bohling, N Fitzpatrick, NA Abidi, PC Bristow, PE Banwell, PE Banwell, PM Taylor, R Ben Amotz, R Burkhardt, R Petzina, RP Wilkes, S Karlakki, S Lindstedt, SA Robertson, SP Roch, SZ Chen, TJ Smith, WT DeCarbo   +59 more
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Dialkylcarbamoyl chloride (DACC)-coated dressings in the management and prevention of wound infection: A systematic review [PDF]

, 2017
Objective: Dialkylcarbomoyl chloride (DACC)-coated dressings (Leukomed Sorbact and Cutimed Sorbact) irreversibly bind bacteria at the wound surface that are then removed when the dressing is changed.
Bua, N., Carradice, D., Chetter, I.C., Harwood, A.E., Smith, G.E., Totty, J.P., Wallace, T.   +6 more
core   +2 more sources