Prospective data on hip fracture from 3686 patients at a United Kingdom teaching hospital were analysed to investigate the risk factors, financial costs and outcomes associated with deep or superficial wound infections after hip fracture surgery. In 1.2% (41) of patients a deep wound infection developed, and 1.1% (39) had a superficial wound infection. A total of 57 of 80 infections (71.3%) wer...

STUDY DESIGN Prospective, single-blinded, randomized study. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the efficacy of dilute betadine irrigation of spinal surgical wounds in prevention of postoperative wound infection. SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND Deep wound infection is a serious complication of spinal surgery that can jeopardize patient outcomes and increase costs. Povidoneiodine is a widely used antiseptic with ...

Objective (s): Bacterial infection is an important cause of delayed wound healing. Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is the main agent causing these infections. Zinc Oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles have antibacterial activity and also accelerate the wound healing process. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the effect of ZnO nanoparticles on bacterial load reduction of the wound infection.  M...

BACKGROUND The objective of this quasi experimental study was to compare the frequency of wound infection between open cholecystectomy (OC) and laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) conducted in Surgical Unit IV, Jinnah Hospital Lahore from June 2005 to January 2006. METHODS 100 patients undergoing elective cholecystectomy for symptomatic gallstones were studied. The patients were allocated in th...

ABSTRACT Postoperative wound infection in an instrumented spine patient is often disastrous. Management includes implant removal leading to spine instability. Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) applied to the spine surgical wound is one of the wound care technique with successful results. We report a case of a man who sustained Chance fracture of Lumbar 1 (L1) vertebra treated with long seg...

Acute appendicitis is a common indication for emergency abdominal surgery. An appendectomy with an open right lower quadrant incision is the “gold standard” of treatment for acute appendicitis. After an appendectomy procedure is completed, wound infection is the most common morbidity, and it may result in increased patient pain, longer hospital stay, poor cosmesis, and overall higher costs of t...

Background: Surgical site infections are important cause of morbidity and mortality in admitted patients world over. Objectives: To determine the pattern of surgical site infections in General Surgical ward of a tertiary care hospital. Study type, settings and duration: Analytical cross-sectional study conducted at Department of General Surgery, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad...

Alterations in body temperature may be frequently observed in patients and experimental animals. Systemic infections may alter the host body temperature, and a pre-existing altered body temperature may modulate the host response to infection. Septic patients who develop hypothermia have a significantly worse outcome than those who develop a fever or maintain a normal body temperature. Periopera...

OBJECTIVE To reduce the rates of wound infection for major colorectal and biliary surgery. DESIGN Prospective audit of antibiotic prophylaxis by keeping copies of typed notes of operations and annotating them at discharge and at first follow up visit and annual review of prophylactic regimen according to yearly rate of wound infection and modification if necessary. SETTING The work of one c...

Surgical wound infections, better termed as Surgical Site Infections, are common and cannot be completely eliminated. But a reduction in the infection rate could have significant benefits like reduction in the postoperative morbidity and mortality, wastage of health care resources and finances. The general causes for increased predisposition to wound infections are pre-existing illness, prolong...