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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.
Mbembati, NM, Akoko, L.O., Fredrick, F, Mbembati, N.M., Akoko, LO, Mwanga, AH, Fredrick, F., Mwanga, A.H.   +7 more
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Emerging trends of nosocomial Citrobacter species surgical wound infection: concern for infection control

Nepal Journal of Dermatology, Venereology & Leprology, 2012
Background Surgical wound infection is a common problem among patients who undergo operation. Several factors play important role in this infection process including endemic nosocomial infection without proper infection control measures. Objectives To
B Thapa, D Karn, K Mahat
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Evidence update on prevention of surgical site infection [PDF]

, 2015
Purpose of review: surgical site infection (SSI) is a common health care associated infection and complicates up to 10-20% of operations with considerable health care resources.
Leaper, David J., Ousey, Karen, Leaper, David   +2 more
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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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Preventing and treating surgical site infection in patients with spinal metastatic disease [PDF]

, 2013
Surgery to remove secondary spinal tumours is often necessary to relieve symptoms associated with metastatic spinal cord compression (MSCC). However, such individuals are at high risk of surgical site infection (SSI).
Lui, Steve, Atkinson, Ross, Ousey, Karen
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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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Identification of risk factors by systematic review and development of risk-adjusted models for surgical site infection [PDF]

, 2011
Background: Surgical site infections (SSIs) are complications of surgery that cause significant postoperative morbidity. SSI has been proposed as a potential indicator of the quality of care in the context of clinical governance and monitoring of the ...
Wilson, AP, Pearson, A. (Andrew), ZH Krukowski, Bruce, J, Krukowski, Zygmunt H., Gibbons, C., Pearson, A, Lamping, Donna Louise, Reeves, BC, AP Wilson, DL Lamping, J Wilson, Krukowski, ZH, Lamping, DL, J Carpenter, Krukowki, ZH, J Bruce, Carpenter, J., Gibbons, C, A Pearson, Wilson, J, Wilson, A. P. (A. Peter), BC Reeves, Reeves, B. C., Wilson, Jennie, RGN, C Gibbons, Bruce, J. (Julie), Carpenter, J   +27 more
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Risk factors for wound infection in surgery for spinal metastasis [PDF]

, 2015
Wound infection rates are generally higher in patients undergoing surgery for spinal metastasis. Risk factors of wound infection in these patients are poorly understood.
Popta, D., Verma, R. R., Verma, R R, Siddique, Irfan, Stephenson, John, Kumar, Siva, Rodrigues-Pinto, R., Van Popta, Dmitri, van Popta, D, Rodrigues-Pinto, R, Mohammad, S, Mohammad, Saeed, Siddique, I., Siddique, I, Mohammad, S., Verma, Rajat, Rodrigues Pinto, Ricardo, Kumar, S, Stephenson, J, Kumar, S., Stephenson, J.   +20 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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