BACKGROUND There is still significant risk of patients developing surgical site infection (SSI) following orthopaedic surgery due to growing demand for joint surgery in high-risk patients and increasing complexity of procedures. The higher rate of SSI seen in high-risk procedures and also in high-risk patients is of concern as the development of infection can be a very serious complication of o...

The problem of infection has been persistent in the surgical world even after the introduction of antibiotics. Pathogens that infect surgical wounds can be part of normal flora or acquired from the hospital environment or other infected patients. Staphylococcus aureus, being the normal microbial flora of the skin is one of the commonest causes of wound infection. A total of 1088 pus samples fro...

background: regardless of numerous advances in surgical techniques, selection of the best technique to sew up wounds and the best suture material are still controversial. several postoperative complications, including wound infection, stitched wound, chronic incision pain, wound dehiscence and hernia stitches result from many factors such as used suture material. objectives: the aim of the pres...

BACKGROUND Postoperative wound infection remains a troublesome but common complication after spinal surgery. This study presents the 6-year experience of our surgical team with post-operative deep wound infection in Taipei Veterans General Hospital. METHODS Of 3230 selected operations, 72 cases of wound infection were identified. Thirty patients with deep wound infection were reviewed, includ...

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 ...

Background Deep wound infection in spine surgery is a debilitating complication for patients and increases costs. The objective of this prospective study was to evaluate the efficacy of wound pulse irrigation with a dilute povidone-iodine solution in the prevention of surgical site infection. Methods 50 patients undergoing spinal surgery were randomly divided into two groups (A and B) of 25 p...

A 76 year old female, with a background history of eczema and iatrogenic Cushing syndrome, received right total knee replacement for her osteoarthritis. In the early post-operative period, small amount discharge was noted from surgical wound. The wound swab culture yielded candida species. It regarded as contamination initially. Half later, she presented subcutaneous abscess around knee. Aspira...

OBJECTIVE Local delivery of prophylactic antibiotic to the wound site with an implanted, reabsorbable, gentamicin-containing collagen sponge (Collatamp) is a strategy that has been claimed to prevent sternal wound infection after cardiac surgery. The purpose of this study was to review our experience with Collatamp in cardiac surgery patients deemed at high risk for sternal wound infection. M...

The endovascular repair (EVAR) of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) usually involves the surgical exposure and catheterization of the femoral arteries. Several inguinal surgical wound-related complications have been reported postoperatively. The aim of this report was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of intraoperative application of autologous platelet-rich plasma (PRP) for the prevention of...