pilonidal disease affects mostly young men during work and educating years and bears a host of complications. after excision of the pilonidal sinus, some surgeons leave the wound open (secondary healing) and others close the wound primarily. the aim of this study is to compare mean duration of stay, length of operative procedure, length of time to return to work, wound infection rate, recurrenc...

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...

Antimicrobial prophylaxis in colorectal surgery The contents of this bulletin are likely to be valid for around one year, by which time significant new research evidence may have become available. s Antimicrobial prophylaxis is effective for the prevention of surgical wound infections in colorectal surgery and should be used. s No 'gold standard' regimen can be identified. There is no differenc...

introduction: antibiotic therapy before or after orthognathic surgery is commonly recommended by surgeons to minimize the risk of wound infection. this article evaluates the value of prophylactic antibiotic therapy in order to diminish the incidence of postoperative wound infection after orthognathic surgery.   materials and methods: fifty candidates for bimaxillary orthognathic surgery were di...

BACKGROUND To evaluate hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) in somatic (all admissions other than psychiatric) and psychiatric patients admitted to a tertiary university hospital in Oslo, before and after reorganization of the Norwegian healthcare system in 2002. METHODS Point prevalence studies were conducted four times per annum and over the period from 1995 to 2007. RESULTS A total of 57,...

Antimicrobial prophylaxis in colorectal surgery The contents of this bulletin are likely to be valid for around one year, by which time significant new research evidence may have become available. s Antimicrobial prophylaxis is effective for the prevention of surgical wound infections in colorectal surgery and should be used. s No 'gold standard' regimen can be identified. There is no differenc...

it has been claimed that periodontal dressing reduces the risk of wound infection, bleeding and granulation tissue formation and improves tissue healing. this study sought to assess the effect of periodontal dressing on wound healing and patient satisfaction following periodontal flap surgery.this clinical trial was conducted on 33 patients presenting to hamadan university, school of dentistry ...

Two thousand sixty-three surgical procedures were performed on 1992 patients (1715 dogs and 277 cats). In a retrospective analysis, the procedures were categorized according to the expected degree of wound contamination, and corresponding wound infection rates were determined. The number of procedures in each category and the percent that became infected were as follows: clean (1100, 2.5%), cle...

1 Associate Professor, Surgery Dept, Mamata Medical College, Khammam, Telangana State, India, 507001 2 Assistant Professor, Surgery Department, Mamata Medical College, Khammam, Telangana State Corresponding Author Sambashiva Rao.G Assistant Professor, Surgery Department, Mamata Medical College, Khammam, Telangana State, Email:[email protected] Mobile No 9440913135 Abstract The principle...