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Pain Management, Local Infection, Satisfaction, Adverse Effects and Residual Pain after Major Open Abdominal Surgery: Epidural versus Continuous Wound Infusion (PAMA Trial)

Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2017
Introduction: The Management of postoperative pain after abdominal surgery is a major challenge to the anesthesiologist. The optimization of postoperative analgesia improves prognosis contributing also to patient satisfaction and reducing morbidity and ...
Rita Araújo, Céline Marques, David Fernandes, Emanuel Almeida, Joana Alves, Mariana Rodrigues, Miguel Ferreira, Ricardo Bernardo, Rita Santa-Bárbara, Sara Freitas, Célia Xavier, Isabel Neves   +11 more
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Comparative study between mass closure suturing technique and Hughes repair in emergency midline laparotomies

Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2023
Background: The most alarming post-operative consequences for patients and doctors are wound infection and dehiscence. Post-operative wound infection and dehiscence lengthen the hospital stay after surgery.
Mukesh Kumar P , Sathyaraj P , Jemin Bharath R , Ramprasath S , Renganathan M   +4 more
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Development of a deep learning-based tool to assist wound classification [PDF]

arXiv, 2023
This paper presents a deep learning-based wound classification tool that can assist medical personnel in non-wound care specialization to classify five key wound conditions, namely deep wound, infected wound, arterial wound, venous wound, and pressure wound, given color images captured using readily available cameras. The accuracy of the classification
arxiv  

Coverage of the infected wound

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 1983
Fifty-four consecutive patients with chronic wounds were identified by the following criteria: (1) established infection for 6 months, (2) exposure of bone, mediastinum, or other vital structure, (3) mechanical and/or vascular limitations to delayed closure techniques, (4) no response to wound debridement in prolonged antibiotic therapy.
Thomas K. Hunt, Stephen J. Mathes, Lu-Jean Feng   +2 more
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Breakthrough treatments for accelerated wound healing

Science Advances, 2023
Skin injuries across the body continue to disrupt everyday life for millions of patients and result in prolonged hospital stays, infection, and death. Advances in wound healing devices have improved clinical practice but have mainly focused on treating ...
B. Freedman, Charles Hwang, S. Talbot, B. Hibler, Simon Matoori, D. Mooney   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A collagen-based theranostic wound dressing with visual, long-lasting infection detection capability [PDF]

arXiv, 2023
Continuous wound monitoring is one strategy to minimise infection severity and inform prompt variations in therapeutic care following infection diagnosis. However, integration of this functionality in therapeutic wound dressings is still challenging.
arxiv  

Diabetic Foot Ulcer Grand Challenge 2021: Evaluation and Summary [PDF]

, 2021
Diabetic foot ulcer classification systems use the presence of wound infection (bacteria present within the wound) and ischaemia (restricted blood supply) as vital clinical indicators for treatment and prediction of wound healing. Studies investigating the use of automated computerised methods of classifying infection and ischaemia within diabetic foot
arxiv   +1 more source

A preliminary study of the effect of closed incision management with negative pressure wound therapy over high-risk incisions [PDF]

, 2015
Background Certain postoperative wounds are recognised to be associated with more complications than others and may be termed high-risk. Wound healing can be particularly challenging following high-energy trauma where wound necrosis and infection ...
A Colli, A Koski, A Li, A Wackenfors, A Wackenfors, AE Guille, BJ Stanley, CJ Jordan, D Herscovici Jr, DA Mendonca, David M. R. Sajik, DR Holt, DV Kipaldi, E Krug, EJ Harvey, EJ Timmenga, GI Taylor, GK Berry, GW Stanway, J Bertran, J Compston, J Kanis, JC Murrell, JP Stannard, JP Stannard, JS Weese, JT Thompson, JW Fox, Karen L. Perry, KV Lambert, L Holton, LJ Owen, Lynda Rutherford, M Demaria, M Pachowsky, MF Fay, Mieghan Bruce, MJ Allen, MJ Morykwas, MJ Morywkas, MJ Morywkas, MW Bohling, MW Bohling, N Fitzpatrick, NA Abidi, PC Bristow, PE Banwell, PE Banwell, PM Taylor, R Ben Amotz, R Burkhardt, R Petzina, RP Wilkes, S Karlakki, S Lindstedt, SA Robertson, SP Roch, SZ Chen, TJ Smith, WT DeCarbo   +59 more
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Clinical indicators of wound infection and biofilm: reaching international consensus.

Journal of Wound Care, 2019
OBJECTIVE To achieve international consensus relating to clinical indicators for a chronic wound, wound infection and biofilm presence to inform the development of international clinical guidance for assessing and managing wound infection.
E. Haesler, T. Swanson, K. Ousey, K. Carville   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Wound Infections from Taiwan Cobra (Naja atra) Bites: Determining Bacteriology, Antibiotic Susceptibility, and the Use of Antibiotics-A Cobra BITE Study

Toxins, 2021
Wound necrosis and secondary infection are common complications after Naja atra bites. Clinical tools to evaluate the infection risk after Taiwan cobra bites are lacking.
Heng Yeh, Shi-Ying Gao, Chih-Chuan Lin
doaj   +1 more source