The aim of this randomized control study was to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of endoscopy for the treatment of surgical site infection (SSI), compared with conventional therapy. One hundred and six patients who were diagnosed with severe SSI were included in the study, performed from May 2005 to July 2012 at Tianjin Binhai New Area Dagang Hospital, China. Patients were randomly divided...

BACKGROUND/AIMS The risk of wound contamination in high risk of infection patients after abdominal operations is well recognised. Preincisional intraparietal injection of antibiotics is used for the prophylaxis of postoperative surgical infections. Whether topically injected antibiotics remain primarily in the surgical wound or are systematically absorbed is uncertain, however. PATIENTS AND M...

Chronic leg wounds have a considerable impact on quality of life. It has been reported that over 70% of patients experience pain associated with their wounds which can range from moderate to severe. Wound pain and intensity is highly variable, it is not an accurate predicator to make clinical assumptions that specific wound types or wound size will define the type of pain the patient is experie...

Chronic Q fever is most commonly associated with culture-negative endocarditis and less frequently with infection of vascular grafts, infection of aneurysms, hepatitis, pulmonary disease, osteomyelitis, and neurological abnormalities. We report a case of chronic sternal wound infection, polyclonal gammopathy, and mixed cryoglobulinemia in which Q fever endocarditis was subsequently diagnosed. P...

tions. The wound broke down in four patients after removal of sutures. Although these patients had no clinical evidence of infection, wound cultures grew aerobic and anaerobic organisms in three of the four cases. Two other patients required early removal of sutures on the second and ninth postoperative days for wound haematoma and wound infection respectively. There was no evidence of recurren...

Newborns are more susceptible to infection; this makes proper wound care extremely important in them. Unfortunately, in spite of successful surgery, patients can die as a result of wound area infections. Herein, we report a case in which a combined therapy of chlorhexidine (a disinfectant) and saline (a cleansing agent used in wound care) was used effectively to treat the wound in a newborn inf...

BACKGROUND Performing a delayed primary wound closure is often recommended in patients with gangrenous or perforated appendicitis who have undergone an appendectomy. It can result in increased pain as well as an extended hospital stay which, in turn, increases hospital costs. Delayed primary wound closure remains controversial. The general policy in our institution is to perform a primary wound...

Research from the Health Protection Agency (HPA, 2012) undertaken across 15 NHS Trusts in England identified a 9.6% surgical site infection rate among women followed-up after caesarean sections. The majority of these infections were minor (88%), however, higher wound infection rates were found among patients who were diabetic (15%) or obese (19%). Within the Wrightington Wigan and Leigh NHS Fou...

BACKGROUND This prospective observational study aimed to determine the infection rate of simple hand laceration (SHL), and to compare infection rates between patients who were prescribed antibiotics and those who were not. METHODS The study was performed at two urban hospitals enrolling 125 emergency department (ED) patients with SHL. Exclusion criteria included patients with lacerations for ...