Results 321 to 330 of about 535,677 (366)
Some of the next articles are maybe not open access.
The American Journal of Surgery, 1994
Abdominal incisions typically are covered with conventional gauze or not dressed at all, since it is commonly believed that dressings do not influence the healing process. Also, patient personal hygiene is not facilitated when gauze type dressings are used, and frequent changes are time consuming and sometimes painful. Following creation of an adjacent
openaire +3 more sources
Abdominal incisions typically are covered with conventional gauze or not dressed at all, since it is commonly believed that dressings do not influence the healing process. Also, patient personal hygiene is not facilitated when gauze type dressings are used, and frequent changes are time consuming and sometimes painful. Following creation of an adjacent
openaire +3 more sources
Surveillance of the Surgical Wound
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 1990Postoperative wound infections remain a major source of morbidity and, less frequently, a source of mortality in the surgical patient.' Their occurrence nationally is estimated to be more than 500,000 per year, or about 2.8 per 100 operations performed.2 This incidence varies from surgeon to surgeon, from hospital to hospital, from surgical procedure ...
openaire +3 more sources
Evidence-based surgical wound care on surgical wound infection
British Journal of Nursing, 2002Surgical wound infection is an important outcome indicator in the postoperative period. A 3-year prospective cohort epidemiological study of 2202 surgical patients from seven surgical wards, across two hospitals, was carried out using gold standard surveillance methodology.
openaire +3 more sources
Validation of Surgical Wound Surveillance
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 1993AbstractObjective:To determine the sensitivity and specificity of standard infection control surveillance techniques for the identification of surgical wound infections.Design:Surveillance data collected by three infection control practitioners (ICPs) was compared to surveillance data collected simultaneously by a gold standard observer.Setting ...
P S Falk, D M Cardo, C G Mayhall
openaire +3 more sources
Debridement for surgical wounds
Cochrane Database of Systematic ReviewsSurgical wounds that become infected are often debrided because clinicians believe that removal of this necrotic or infected tissue may expedite wound healing. There are numerous methods of debridement available, but no consensus on which one is most effective for surgical wounds.To assess the effects of different methods of debridement on the rate of ...
Smith, Fiona +2 more
openaire +3 more sources
The routine culture of surgical wounds
The American Journal of Surgery, 1959Abstract 1. 1. Cultures from acute post-traumatic lacerations were taken after wound excision and irrigation in twenty successive patients. Sixteen of these were sterile cultures. Two mild infections developed in association with the four positive cultures. 2. 2. Cultures were obtained from the wounds of 546 patients undergoing surgery in the
openaire +4 more sources
Urology, 1974
Abstract One hundred patients were treated with 0.25 per cent kanamycin sulfate as an operative irrigant and were compared with 100 patients in whom saline was used as an irrigant. Serum and urine kanamycin levels and tests of renal function were obtained following the use of kanamycin sulfate in various urologic operations. Peak serum level occurred
Charles Bellingham +2 more
openaire +2 more sources
Abstract One hundred patients were treated with 0.25 per cent kanamycin sulfate as an operative irrigant and were compared with 100 patients in whom saline was used as an irrigant. Serum and urine kanamycin levels and tests of renal function were obtained following the use of kanamycin sulfate in various urologic operations. Peak serum level occurred
Charles Bellingham +2 more
openaire +2 more sources
Physiology of Wound Healing and Surgical Wound Care
ASAIO Journal, 2000Wound healing is a systemic process, which occurs stepwise and involves the stages of hemostasis, inflammation, and repair. Hemostasis with fibrin formation creates a protective wound scab. The scab provides a surface beneath which cell migration and movement of the wound edges can occur.
openaire +3 more sources
Dressing for surgical wounds of the penis
Urology, 1996We describe a simple tubular elastic gauze dressing for surgical wounds of the penis. The amount of pressure placed on the penis is consistent and reproducible. The material is elastic enough to avoid vascular occlusion and is easily applied with a plastic tube. The dressing stays in place, can be used with stents or catheters, and is easily removed by
Steven C. Lynch +3 more
openaire +3 more sources
Surgical Excision of the Burn Wound
Clinics in Plastic Surgery, 2009Early excision of the burn eschar has been one of the most significant advances in modern burn care. Historical advances in understanding of the pathophysiology of burn injury and the systemic inflammatory response fueled by the burn wound, and refinements in the techniques of tangential and fascial excision, have led to earlier excision and grafting ...
Nicole S. Gibran, Michael J. Mosier
openaire +3 more sources