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Prophylactic effect of negative‐pressure wound therapy and delayed sutures against incisional‐surgical site infection after emergency laparotomy for colorectal perforation: A multicenter retrospective cohort study

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, 2023
Aim The prophylactic effect of negative‐pressure wound therapy against incisional surgical site infection after highly contaminated laparotomies has not been sufficiently explored. This study aimed to evaluate the prophylactic effect of negative‐pressure
Keita Nakatsutsumi, Akira Endo, Hiroshi Asano, Shoichi Shinohara, Ryo Kurosaki, Shuji Kawashima, Wataru Ishii, Masashi Nozawa, Nobumi Tagaya, Yasuhiro Otomo   +9 more
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A comprehensive surgical approach to the treatment of deep sternal wound infection after heart transplantation

Вестник трансплантологии и искусственных органов, 2021
Deep wound infection of the anterior chest wall tissues in patients after transsternal cardiac surgery despite intensive developments in surgical techniques and improvement of antibacterial chemotherapy, remains a genuine concern worldwide [1].
V. M. Zakharevich, V. A. Mitish, T. A. Khalilulin, A. R. Zakiryanov, D. S. Ivanov, A. M. Goltz, A. A. Sukhatchev, K. S. Kiryakov, O. A. Pozdnyakov, N. Y. Zacharevich   +9 more
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Cost-Effectiveness of Closed Incison Negative Pressure Wound Therapy for Reducing Surgical Site Infections

The Anatolian Journal of Family Medicine, 2019
INTRODUCTION[|]Current preventive measures for the prevention of surgical site infections (SSI) are still not sufficient. We aimed to investigate the cost-effectiveness of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) on closed incisions in reducing SSI by ...
Gaye Çelikcan, Menekşe Kastamoni, Ramazan Kahveci   +2 more
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FREQUENCY AND PATIENT RELATED RISKS FOR SURGICAL SITE INFECTION

Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2011
Objective: To determine the frequency of surgical site infection (SSI) and its unknown risk factors in obstetrical and gynaecological procedures. Study Design: Descriptive study Place and Duration of Study: Obstetrics and Gynaecology department of ...
Shahida , Arshad Meo, Saadia Siddique ., Qudsia Nawaz ., Raabia Arshad Meo   +3 more
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Trichophyton as a Rare Cause of Postoperative Wound Infection Resistant to Standard Empiric Antimicrobial Therapy

Case Reports in Pediatrics, 2018
Fungal infections are rare causes of acute surgical wound infections, but Candida is not an infrequent etiology in chronic wound infections. Trichophyton species is a common cause of tinea capitis but has not been reported as a cause of neurosurgical ...
Sheema Gaffar, John K. Birknes, Kenji M. Cunnion   +2 more
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The application of the modified surgical wound dressing in wound care after tracheotomy

Regenerative Medicine Research, 2017
Introduction: This study was performed to observe the efficacy of a modified surgical wound dressing applied as part of decannulation wound care after tracheotomy.
Feng Mei, Wu Ying, Zhu Jing, Wu Xiaoling
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Addition of benzylpenicillin to antibiotic prophylaxis reduces deep sternal wound infection after cardiac surgery

Infection Prevention in Practice, 2021
Summary: Objectives: In Sweden, cloxacillin is recommended as the sole antibiotic prophylaxis for prevention of surgical site infections after cardiac surgery.
Nadia Sandström, Anders Magnusson, Anders Wickbom, Örjan Friberg   +3 more
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The microbiome of diabetic foot ulcers: a comparison of swab and tissue biopsy wound sampling techniques using 16S rRNA gene sequencing

BMC Microbiology, 2020
Background Health-care professionals need to collect wound samples to identify potential pathogens that contribute to wound infection. Obtaining appropriate samples from diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) where there is a suspicion of infection is of high ...
J. Travis, M. Malone, H. Hu, A. Baten, K. Johani, F. Huygens, K. Vickery, K. Benkendorff   +7 more
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Transcutaneous compression suture with iodine gauze for wound closure in revision surgery for therapy-resistant periprosthetic shoulder infections

JSES International, 2023
Background: To successfully treat a periprosthetic infection, successful bacteria eradication and successful wound closure are mandatory. Despite adequate surgical débridement in the deep, persistence of wound drainage and subsequent persistence of ...
Florian Grubhofer, MD, Evan O’Donnell, MD, Lukas Ernstbrunner, MD, PhD, Ilker Uçkay, MD, Karl Wieser, MD   +4 more
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Epidemiology and Microbiology of Surgical Wound Infections [PDF]

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2000
ABSTRACT This study included 676 surgery patients with signs and symptoms indicative of wound infections, who presented over the course of 6 years. Bacterial pathogens were isolated from 614 individuals. A single etiologic agent was identified in 271 patients, multiple agents were found in 343, and no agent was identified in 62 ...
A, Giacometti, O, Cirioni, A M, Schimizzi, M S, Del Prete, F, Barchiesi, M M, D'Errico, E, Petrelli, G, Scalise   +7 more
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