Postoperative spinal wound infection increases the morbidity of the patient and the cost of healthcare. Despite the development of prophylactic antibiotics and advances in surgical technique and postoperative care, wound infection continues to compromise patient outcome after spinal surgery. Spinal instrumentation also has an important role in the development of postoperative infections. This r...

The article provides an analysis of the literature on frequency and nature postoperative complications in patients infected with a new coronavirus infection – COVID-19. Risk factors for development mortality are considered; presence SARS-CoV-2 is leading risk factor these mortality, significant also age ≥70 years, male gender, cancer surgery, severity patient’s condition before surgery (3–5 poi...

In this experimental trial , 133 patients with single long bone fracture requiring surgery, admitted in Shahid Mohammadi Hospital (Bandar Abbas/Iran) from June 2002 to April 2003, were randomly devided into two groups. In the first group (72 individuals), after the completion of the operation a single hemovac drain was inserted, while in the second group (61 patients) no drain was used. The two...

Several clinical studies have suggested that systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) following major surgical trauma is a main cause of postoperative infections and multiple organ failure. The underlying mechanisms of this increased susceptibility to infection due to postoperative immune suppression have been recognized as follows; release of endogenous immune suppressant, interleukin-6 ...