abstract background: the cosmetic result of the surgical scar has long been considered by surgeons as an important factor for patient satisfaction. on the other hand, there has been an old teaching that perfect closure of contaminated wounds increases the rate of infection. we decided to look into this matter and see if this is a fact or a myth. methods: in this prospective randomized study con...

O tratamento das infecções no sítio cirúrgico ainda representa um desafio. Os avanços alcançados até o momento propiciaram novas opções de tratamento que diminuíram a morbidade e mortalidade de infecções graves. As evidências indicam que abordagens agressivas e precoces associadas ao uso de antimicrobianos representam importantes formas de tratamento. A equipe responsável pela condução clínico-...

Purpose of review Conventional wisdom maintains that multiple aspects of surgical technique and management may affect postoperative outcome, while anaesthetic technique has little long-term effect on patient outcomes. There is accumulating evidence that, on the contrary, anaesthetic management may in fact exert a number of longer-term effects in postoperative outcome. Here, we review the most t...

The purpose of this review article was to understand and analyze the scientific production related to the occurrence of perioperative hypothermia and the incidence of infection on the surgical site. For this purpose, a search was conducted in the databases LILACS, MEDLINE, PubMed, CINAHL and Cochrane, using the health science descriptors DECS, from 2004 to 2009. A total of 91 articles were foun...

OBJECTIVE Surgical wound infection (SWI) is a serious hospital infection due to its incidence, morbidity and mortality. Because of the short hospital stay, the majority of SWI appears post-discharge, and its incidence is often underreported when there is no follow-up of the surgical patient post discharge. The need of a surveillance system for surgical patient after discharge is critical for in...

To date, there is still a lack of understanding of how wound closure methods perform comparatively under daily bodily movement during the course of healing and how they affect the mechanics of healing. The present study is a first step in understanding and objectively quantifying the gap. The study provides both a new method of metrology for noninvasive evaluation of skin mechanics at the onset...

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to determine the incidence of nosocomial infections, the risk factors and the impact of these infections on mortality among patients undergoing to cardiac surgery. METHODS Retrospective cohort study of 2060 consecutive patients from 2006 to 2012 at the Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Marília. RESULTS 351 nosocomial infections were diagnosed (17%), 227 non-surgical i...

Wound healing is the result of a complex synergistic series of biomolecular activity that can be altered by numerous factors. One such factor is infection. If the infection occurs at the surgical site, it is clear that the normal process is destroyed, interrupted or at best retarded. However, little is known of the effects of nonwound site infection on the healing process. This review evaluates...