A Prospective Randomized Trial of Open Wound Treatment vs Occlusive Dressings in Elective Surgical Cases with Respect to Surgical Site Infections [PDF]
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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Validation of ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes for surgical site infection and noninfectious wound complications after mastectomy [PDF]
BACKGROUNDFew studies have validated ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes for surgical site infection (SSI), and none have validated coding for noninfectious wound complications after mastectomy.OBJECTIVESTo determine the accuracy of International Classification of ...
Ball, Kelly E+4 more
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Semi‐supervised classification of fundus images combined with CNN and GCN
Abstract Purpose Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is one of the most serious complications of diabetes, which is a kind of fundus lesion with specific changes. Early diagnosis of DR can effectively reduce the visual damage caused by DR. Due to the variety and different morphology of DR lesions, automatic classification of fundus images in mass screening can ...
Sixu Duan+8 more
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A review on caring of surgical wound after surgical procedure [PDF]
Inadequate wound healing and scar formation continues to be major issues in day-to-day surgical practice. A wound infection (like pus formation, smelly discharge, and the incision line’s opening etc.) is one of them complications of surgical procedure ...
Kumar, Dheeraj, Singh, Mahendra
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Abstract Purpose A set of treatment planning strategies were designed and retrospectively implemented for locally advanced, non‐small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients in order to minimize cardiac dose without compromising target coverage goals. Methods Retrospective analysis was performed for 20 NSCLC patients prescribed to 60–66 Gy that received a ...
Joshua P. Kim+5 more
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Disposable surgical face masks for preventing surgical wound infection in clean surgery.
BACKGROUND Surgical face masks were originally developed to contain and filter droplets containing microorganisms expelled from the mouth and nasopharynx of healthcare workers during surgery, thereby providing protection for the patient.
M. Vincent, Peggy Edwards
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Abstract Positron emission tomography with x‐ray computed tomography (PET/CT) is increasingly being utilized for radiation treatment planning (RTP). Accurate delivery of RT therefore depends on quality PET/CT data. This study covers quality control (QC) procedures required for PET/CT for diagnostic imaging and incremental QC required for RTP.
Ran Klein+7 more
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Preoperative Single Dose Intraincisional vs Intravenous Ceftriaxone in Preventing Surgical Site Infection Post-Hernioplasty Conducted at a Tertiary Care Centre at Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu, India [PDF]
Introduction: Among the hospital acquired infections, Surgical Site Infection (SSI) still remains as the major problem for surgeons. Inguinal hernia surgeries are considered as clean surgeries, incidence of SSI in posthernioplasty is found to be 3.1%-4.5%
A Pravindhas+4 more
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The time-dependent rearrangement of the epithelial basement membrane in human skin wounds [PDF]
In 62 human skin wounds (surgical wounds, stab wounds and lacerations after surgical treatment) we analyzed the immunohistochemical localization of collagen IV in the epithelial basement membrane.
A Martinez-Hernandez+26 more
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Abstract Purpose To assess whether the joint application of hybrid iterative reconstruction (HIR) and an adaptive filter (AF) could reduce streak artifacts and improve image quality of neck‐and‐shoulder computed tomography (CT). Methods This study included 96 patients with suspicious neck lesions who underwent a routine nonenhanced scan on a 64‐slice ...
Wenfeng Jin+6 more
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