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Patient‐dependent risk factors for wound infection after skin surgery: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

International Wound Journal, 2022
Postoperative wound infection in dermatologic surgery causes impaired wound healing, poor cosmetic outcome and increased morbidity. Patients with a high‐risk profile may benefit from perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis.
J. G. Schlager, D. Hartmann, J. Wallmichrath, Virginia Ruiz San Jose, Kathrin Patzer, Lars E French, B. Kendziora   +6 more
semanticscholar   +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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Effect of Incisional Negative Pressure Wound Therapy vs Standard Wound Dressing on Deep Surgical Site Infection After Surgery for Lower Limb Fractures Associated With Major Trauma: The WHIST Randomized Clinical Trial.

Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2020
Importance Following surgery to treat major trauma-related fractures, deep wound infection rates are high. It is not known if negative pressure wound therapy can reduce infection rates in this setting.
Matthew L. Costa, J. Achten, R. Knight, Julie Bruce, Susan J Dutton, Jason Madan, M. Dritsaki, N. Parsons, M. Fernandez, Richard Grant, J. Nanchahal   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

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
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Effect of Prophylactic Negative Pressure Wound Therapy vs Standard Wound Dressing on Surgical-Site Infection in Obese Women After Cesarean Delivery: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2020
Importance Obesity increases the risk of both cesarean delivery and surgical-site infection. Despite widespread use, it is unclear whether prophylactic negative pressure wound therapy reduces surgical-site infection after cesarean delivery in obese women.
M. Tuuli, Jingxia Liu, A. Tita, S. Longo, A. Trudell, E. Carter, A. Shanks, C. Woolfolk, A. Caughey, D. Warren, A. Odibo, Graham A Colditz, G. Macones, Lorie M. Harper   +13 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Infection in prosthetic material [PDF]

, 2015
Surgical site infection (SSI) occurs when a wound created as part of a surgical procedure becomes infected. SSI is one of the most common healthcare-associated infections and occurs in approximately 5% of patients undergoing a surgical procedure. SSI may
Chetter, Ian, Smith, George
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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
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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
doaj   +1 more source

Propionibacterium acnes infections in patients with idiopathic scoliosis: a case-control study and review of the literature. [PDF]

, 2018
Purpose:Surgical site infection (SSI) caused by Propionibacterium acnes is an infrequent but devastating complication after spinal fusion. The purpose of this study was to identify risk factors for SSI with Propionibacterium acnes after spinal fusion for
Blanco, J, Gruskay, J, Perlman, S, Price, M, Swarup, I, Widmann, R, Yang, J   +6 more
core   +2 more sources