OBJECTIVE Saphenous vein harvesting can be associated with wound complications, incision pain, infection, and poor cosmetic outcome. The objective of our study is to determine the difference in wound complication and infection rates between two saphenous vein harvesting techniques, long incision versus multiple short interrupted incisions (tunneling) for coronary artery bypass grafting at the K...

BACKGROUND Laparotomy is a commonly performed procedure in any surgical unit. Postoperative complications directly affect the outcome of the disease. The aim of the study was to evaluate and compare the postoperative complications in emergency versus elective laparotomies at a peripheral hospital. METHODS This comparative cross-sectional study was carried out at the Department of General Surg...

Wound healing is critical to prevent complications, such as infections, delayed healing, and misshapen scars, promote optimal recovery of damaged tissue. Proper wound evaluation, proper cleaning, debridement, use dressings, nutrition hydration, infection prevention treatment, inflammation control, advanced therapies are all important measures consider in care.

BACKGROUND The aim of this study is to detect possible risk factors for development of short- and long-term local complications after inguinofemoral lymphadenectomy for vulval cancer. METHODS This retrospective cohort study included 34 vulval cancer patients that received inguinofemoral lymphadenectomy. The detected complications were wound cellulitis, wound seroma formation, wound breakdown,...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the wound complication rate in patients undergoing transumbilical single-incision laparoscopic (SIL) surgery. BACKGROUND SIL surgery claims to be less invasive than conventional laparoscopy. Small SIL series have raised concerns toward a higher wound complication rate related to the transumbilical incision. METHODS In a 44-month period, 1145 consecutive SIL procedures ...

BACKGROUND Coaptive film (i.e., Steri-Strips™) is an adhesive tape used to replace sutures in wound closure. The use of coaptive film for wound closure after long bone fracture fixation has not been well documented in the literature. METHODS The aim of this prospective, randomized controlled trial comparing coaptive film with sutures for wound closure after long bone fracture fixation was ski...