Surveillance of surgical-site infections (SSI), with feedback of appropriate data to surgeons, has been shown to be an important component of strategies to reduce SSI risk. For SSIs, the traditional wound classification system, which stratifies each wound into one of four categories (clean, clean-contaminated, contaminated, and dirty-infected), has been available since 1964. Limitations of this...

Nontuberculous mycobacteria are known to produce soft-tissue infections following surgical procedures. We report a non-healing surgical wound infection caused by a scotochromogenic nontuberculous mycobacterium, possibly Mycobacterium flavescens, which was earlier thought to be saprophytic. This organism was isolated from the wound discharge at the site of incision following a laparoscopic chole...

AIM The aim of this prospective study was to evaluate the clinical pattern of post-extraction wound healing with a view to identify the types, incidence, and pattern of healing complications following non-surgical tooth extraction. STUDY DESIGN A total of 311 patients, who were referred for non-surgical (intra-alveolar) extractions, were included in the study. The relevant pre-operative infor...

A surgical wound infection can develop at any time from two to three days after surgery until the wound has healed (usually 2 to 3 weeks post operation). Occasionally, an infection can occur several months after an operation (Humphreys, 2009; Anderson, 2011). Most surgical wound infections are limited to the skin, but can spread to deeper tissues as consequence of microbial invasion/infections,...

abstract background & objectives: honey has been used as a nutraceutical in many traditional and ancient remedies. considering well documented benefits of honey to accelerate wound healing, for the first time we aimed to assess intra oral surgical wound healing process with honey. methods: we designed a pilot randomized placebo controlled cross-over clinical trial. patients who required bilater...

Wound infection following surgery is a relatively common and serious complication. Perioperative hypothermia increases risk of surgical wound infection by several mechanisms including cutaneous vasoconstriction and a decrease in the activity of the immune system. This paper reviews these mechanisms and concludes that both prevention of hypothermia and application of local and systemic heat may ...

The reported incidence of deep sternal wound infection (DSWI) after cardiac surgery is 0.4-5% with Staphylococcus aureus being the most common pathogen isolated from infected wound sternotomies and bacteraemic blood cultures. This infection is associated with a higher morbidity and mortality than other known aetiologies. Little is reported about the optimal antibiotic management. The aim of the...

Mrs. M., aged 23 years, healthy-looking female, pregnant 5 months, was operated on by us during September, 1931, for tuberculous caries of the left rib. oix inches of this rib were removed from its chondrocostal junction backwards: the entire macroscopically diseased area with a clear two inches of apparenttynealthv pone as well was removed. The wound healed by first intention. Six weeks later ...

this case report describes a 59-year-old woman with a giant basal cell carcinoma on the face neglected for 11 years. surgical resection of the lesion resulted in a 13 × 11 cm defect. issues regarding the adequately safe surgical margins and the management of the resultant defect through modern wound dressing technologies are discussed. keywords : giant basal cell carcinoma, modern dressing, gel...