A Clinico Bacteriological Study of Post Operative Wound Infection
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Post operative wound infection is considered as a surgeon’s nightmare. Before the mid 19 century, surgical patients commonly developed post operative purulent discharge from their incisions, followed by overwhelming sepsis, and often death. It was not until the late 1860s, after Joseph Lister introduced the principles of antisepsis that postoperative infections morbidity decreased substantially. Keyword: Surgical Site Infection, Surgical Wound.
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