A wound infection should have either a purulent discharge in, or exuding from, the wound or a painful, spreading erythema indicative of cellulitis. Bruising, haematoma formation, serous and lymph collections are complications which may predispose to the development of wound infection, and may lead to diagnostic difficulties. Infection should be considered to be present when there is fever, tend...

The occurrence of post-operative wound infection was studied respectively over an eight month period in the University Hospital, Kuala Lumpur. One hundred and seventy four (3.4%) surgical wounds out of 5129 operations became infected. The clean wound infection rate was 2.9%, rising to 5.4% and 12.2% for clean-contaminated and contaminated surgical wounds respectively. Of the wound infections, 8...

a field study was carried out among 265 post surgical patients in 67 surgical wards belonging to teaching hospitals located in tehran. the purpose of this study was to determine the amount of dipyron administration in the first 48 hours of postoperative period and the accuracy of its recording in the medication records by the nursing staff, meanwhile the physicians' post operative analgesi...

Introduction Post-operative retention of urine is a common surgical complication, and it is essential to have a clear understanding of the factors involved in its production and the principles of its management, if further complications and mortality are to be prevented. The object of this article is not only to describe the methods of prevention and relief of urinary retention but to point out...

Introduction Post-operative retention of urine is a common surgical complication, and it is essential to have a clear understanding of the factors involved in its production and the principles of its management, if further complications and mortality are to be prevented. The object of this article is not only to describe the methods of prevention and relief of urinary retention but to point out...

Central anticholinergic syndrome is defined as an abDiagnosis rests on clinical features, exclusion of other conditions, and a positive response to a solute or relative reduction in cholinergic activity in centrally acting cholinesterase inhibitor, usually the central nervous system [1]. In anaesthetic practice physostigmine [1]. the syndrome was originally described in connection The incidence...

The rates of post-operative endophthalmitis have been low for many years, but recent reports suggest that this type of ocular infection may be on the rise. Fluctuations in the number of cases appear to correlate with the type of intraocular surgery performed. Post-operative endophthalmitis has been reported as a consequence of nearly every type of ocular surgery, but is most common following ca...

PROGRESSIVE post-operative gangrene is a rare but clinically typical phenomenon of secondary infection of a surgical wound. It is usually abdominal or thoracic (Sutton, 1956), and has occurred most often soon after the drainage of an appendix abscess or empyema (Illingworth and Dick, 1945). Post-operative gangrene has rarely been reported to affect the eyelids and the description of the followi...

Background and Aim: Surgical site infection is an important complication after spinal surgery. Prevention and treatment of this complication requires more and reliable information. In this article, we investigated the epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of post-operative infection in spine procedures by reviewing previous related studies. Methods and Materials/Patients: In this...