abstract background: the incidence of early wound related complications is assessed in laparoscopic versus open abdominal surgeries. complications of surgical wounds (esp. wound infections) are considered as a major problem in surgery wards. complications of surgical wounds are classified as early and late. common and early complications are hematoma, seroma and wound infection. methods: the me...

Classification of the surgical wound in the operating room by surgeons and nurses is a time-honored routine that has been practiced for at least 30 years, since the time of the National Academy of Sciences National Research Council study on the influence of ultraviolet irradiation on surgical wound infection. This traditional method uses four classes of wounds based on the risk level and type o...

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OBJECTIVE To assess the level of agreement between common definitions of wound infection that might be used as performance indicators. DESIGN Prospective observational study. SETTING London teaching hospital group receiving emergency cases as well as tertiary referrals. PARTICIPANTS 4773 surgical patients staying in hospital at least two nights. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Numbers of wound in...

Objective To assess the level of agreement between common definitions of wound infection that might be used as performance indicators. Design Prospective observational study. Setting London teaching hospital group receiving emergency cases as well as tertiary referrals. Participants 4773 surgical patients staying in hospital at least two nights. Main outcome measures Numbers of wound infections...

Actinomvcosis is now so widely known as a patilological entity that the presentation of another series of cases should be justified by at least some unusual feature of the syndrome or a contribution to tile treatment of this difficult disease. The fact that over 80 per cent of cases in humans occur in tile gastro-intestinal or respiratory system (Boyd 1943) is strong evidence in favour of infec...

Early wound closure is the ultimate goal of burn care. While excisional therapy is necessary in the treatment of both large, full-thickness and deep, partial skin-thickness burns, the majority of burns are superficial partial skin-thickness injuries requiring a different clinical approach. In superficial wounds, cosmetic and functional restoration in conjunction with relief from pain and preven...