Introduction: The use of biomaterials to improve wound healing after endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) is not new. Many types of resorbable and non-resorbable materials have been tried as a middle meatal (MM) dressing, spacer, or stent to prevent lateralization of the middle turbinate, formation of synechia, granulation tissue, adhesions and scarring. The FDA has recently approved Chitosan-based n...

BACKGROUND There exists a high risk of post-operative complications with primary and revision total ankle replacement surgery. Delayed wound healing of the anterior incision is common. The reason for this is multi-factorial and, to date, most of the research has focused on predisposing factors involving the patients themselves. Only recently have researchers begun to look at the post-operative ...

Background: Modified radical mastectomy is commonly performed surgery for breast carcinoma. The present study was conducted to compare intra-operative and post-operative surgical outcomes by using monopolar electrocautery ultrasonic shears in MRM. Methods: A randomized prospective with a sample size of 60 patients who were into two groups. One group underwent MRM (Group A) the other one B). Int...

In an attempt to rationalize the use of intraperitoneal drainage of the subhepatic space after simple, elective cholecystectomy, a prospective study was designed to compare the post-operative course with and without drainage. There was a higher incidence of postoperative fever of unknown origin and wound infection in the drained group. In the group without drainage the hospital postoperative st...

OBJECTIVE To identify risk factors for sternal wound infection following coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG), and to compare early and mid-term survival outcome. METHODS Data were prospectively collected for 4228 patients who underwent CABG surgery between April 1997 and March 2001. One hundred and nine (2.6%) patients developed sternal wound infection. We used logistic regression to identi...

INTRODUCTION: Acute appendicitis is one of the commonest causes acute abdomen encountered in surgical practice, requiring emergency surgery. Open appendicectomy by Grid Iron incision had been gold standard for many years. Laparoscopic technique provided an opportunity to explore new method management suspected cases appendicitis. AIMS & OBJECTIVES: To compare laparoscopic and open terms intra-o...

OBJECTIVE The risk factors associated with early ventral site hernia development following cancer surgery are ill defined and associated with an undetermined incidence. METHODS We analyzed 1,391 gynecologic cancer patient charts to identify the number of post-operative ventral site hernias over a nearly 6 year period. The following study variables were noted for evaluation: patient demographi...

Theranostic Devices In article number 2301406 by Reihaneh Haghniaz, Ali Khademhosseini, Yangzhi Zhu, and co-workers, an all-in-one theranostic platform is presented that constructed sandwiching a highly porous silk sponge between two silver nanowire-based conductive electrodes to non-enzymatically diagnose local bleeding stop the hemorrhage at wound site. Such provides unexplored strategy for i...

Introduction. Case reports have emerged with identification of Gordonia bronchialis infections including sternal wound infections and foreign bodies such as central lines and shunts. Case presentation. We present a case that demonstrates the need to consider Gordonia infection as a cause of sternal wound infection and highlights the utility of novel diagnostics to aid in the identification of u...