Surgery is a medical discipline that has advanced significantly in recent decades thanks to advances technology and research. Surgical drains are devices used evacuate excess fluids accumulate the surgical wound. There different types of can be depending on area intervened type fluid evacuated. Each drainage specific advantages disadvantages, their choice will depend characteristics patient pro...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To evaluate the safety and efficacy of small-bore, silastic drains for patients undergoing general thoracic surgery. PATIENTS AND METHODS Twenty-five patients who received soft, small-bore, silastic drains were compared with 17 patients who received semi-rigid double lumen (DL) tubes retrospectively. RESULTS The pain score was significantly lower in patients who received the...

OBJECTIVE To investigate an outbreak of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) producing Enterobacter cloacae that occurred in the Hematology ward (24-bed unit) of the François Mitterrand University Hospital (Dijon, France) between January 2011 and December 2013. The outbreak involved 43 patients (10 infected and 33 colonized). DESIGN We performed environmental analysis to detect multiresist...

BACKGROUND The use of closed-suction drains after penile implant surgery remains controversial. The use of BioPatch®, a protective disk with chlorhexidine gluconate, may reduce the incidence of drain-related infections, one of the feared complications of drains. The aim of this study is to describe a novel use of BioPatch® in penile implant surgery as well as additional techniques that may pote...

BACKGROUND Closed suction drainage is a routine part of wound management for patients undergoing surgical treatment of acetabulum fractures. This pilot study seeks to determine if there is a difference in wound healing for a Kocher-Langenbeck approach with and without the use of drains. METHODS We conducted a prospective, randomized study including 39 patients with acetabulum fractures treate...

Even though soil loss in the lowlands imposes not as much a restriction on land use and agricultural productivity as in erosion affected mountainous areas, the input of fine sediment into the rivers and streams is a concern due to water quality issues and substrate siltation. Drains, river banks and agricultural fields are the three main sources of fine sediment in lowland regions. For a succes...

In two recent studies, clinical isolates in the Fusarium solani species complex (FSSC) were sequenced; one of the most common lineages was FSSC Group 1 (FSSC 1), a phylogenetic species that is synonymous with F. solani f. sp. cucurbitae race 2, a pathogen of cucurbit fruits. FSSC 1 was also identified in sink and shower drains in two hospitals. The environmental sources of FSSC 1 are important ...

BACKGROUND Over the past 30 years, the preferred techniques and settings for abdominoplasty have evolved considerably, but controversy remains regarding the surgical and postoperative approaches that best limit serious complications such as seroma. OBJECTIVE The authors evaluate their 28-year experience with abdominoplasty and suggest a technique (progressive tension sutures without placement...