The aim of this study was to evaluate whether behavioural and systemic measures will decrease intra-operative contamination during total hip or knee replacements. The influence of these measures on subsequent prolonged wound discharge, superficial surgical site infection and deep periprosthetic infection was also investigated during an 18-month follow-up period. Four swabs were taken from instr...

BACKGROUND Several factors and patient characteristics influence the risk of surgical wound dehiscence and incisional hernia after midline laparotomy. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether a specified, or not specified, suture quota in the operative report affects the incidence of surgical wound complications and to describe the previously known risk factors for these complicatio...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study focused on a number of factors that have been implicated in calcaneal complications and find the incidence of wound complications. METHODS This was a retrospective study. A total of 162 patients (176 feet) who underwent calcaneal fractures between 2007 and 2012 were included. The patient's personal details, age, time from injury to surgery, cause of injury,...

Background: Perforated appendix in diabetic as well hypertensive patients is associated with elevated risks of postoperative infectious complications such wound infection and intra-abdominal abscess. Objective: To identify better appendectomy procedure for patients. Study Design: Randomized Controlled Trial Place Duration Study: Department Surgery, Unit l, Bahawal Victoria Hospital Bahawalpur f...

INTRODUCTION Reported rate of infections after lumbar discectomy is 1%-15 %. This complication may result in disability or even the death. AIM The aim of the study is to assess the rate of infection associated with lumbar discectomies when combined systemic and local antibiotic prophylaxis was employed. PATIENTS AND METHODS In this retrospective study we analyzed all patients operated for h...

background different methods for dressing of donor site of skin graft in burn patients have similarly pain, limitation of mobility of donor site and local complications such as infection and scar. amniotic membrane has used for improvement of healing in some wounds. accordingly in this study amnion was used as biologic dressing for donor site of skin graft to evaluate it’s efficacy in improveme...

Figure 1. Burn wound on post-operative day three after resurfacing with allograft. DESCRIPTION A 54-year-old man sustained third-degree burns to 50% total body surface area. He was transferred to our facility in septic shock on day five after injury. Broad-spectrum antibiotics, burn excision, and resurfacing with allograft were initiated. Two weeks later, a new wound infection was identified (F...

The aim of the work to assess value epiaortic ultrasound prevention stroke and other postoperative complications, whether its use leads changes planned intra-operative surgical management in patients undergoing CABG surgery compared performance TEE. 100 who underwent primary isolated from may 2016 into 2017 as it represent 40% total was done this time. Patients were prospectively randomized Two...

Roux-en-y gastric bypass (RYGB) has become the most common operation in the United States for morbid obesity. Even in the laparoscopic era many procedures are still done via laparotomy. Incisional hernias are a complication of any abdominal surgery with obese patients being at increased risk. Patients undergoing open RYGB over 6 years were reviewed to evaluate the risk factors for the developme...

conclusions surgical wound infections are less common by using reusable retrieval bag during laparoscopic appendectomy procedure. also, using reusable retrieval bag has less cost. patients and methods one hundred twenty laparoscopic appendectomies performed over one year, were included in this retrospective study. the patients were divided into 2 group; group a was the one in which la was done ...