When Ms. N came to Dr. John Hogan’s office last August, it had been nearly three months since she had felt like herself. Previously completely healthy, the 25-year-old woman had been plagued by ...

April 26, 2011 — Surgical site infection (SSI) in contaminated wounds can be dramatically reduced by a simple daily wound-probing protocol (WPP), according to the results of a prospective, randomized ...

Lisa Farris worried that a nasty infection from recent liposuction and a tummy tuck was rapidly getting worse. So she phoned the cosmetic surgery center to ask if she should head to the emergency room ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The surgical site infection rate was 10.9% with the wound protector vs. 20.5% with conventional gauze. There was ...

Did our AI summary help? In the operating theatre, the job seems done once the final stitch is tied. But for many patients, the real test begins afterwards. Surgical wound infections, long regarded as ...

Q: How can I tell if hip or knee post-surgical site redness is infectious? A: Post-acute care for hip and knee replacements has changed significantly over the decades. Today, younger patients with ...

A lack of consensus for the term “immunocompromised” suggests that studies demonstrating the effectiveness of infection prevention in surgical patients at a high risk of wound infection may have ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. CDC Surgical Wound Classification may have limitations ...

Orthopaedics faculty at LSU Health New Orleans participated in a study comparing two antisepsis aqueous solutions in reducing the risk of infection in patients ...

On Monday Howard flew from Clearwater, Florida to Baltimore to see Dr. Mark Myerson, the physician who performed surgery on his Achilles tendon back in October. Dr. Myerson cleaned his sutures and ...