ALLMedicine™ Wound Infection Center

Dec 3rd, 2021 - Surgical wound infection is the most frequent postoperative complication in abdominal surgery, especially at the colorectal level. The aim of this study is analysing the results of mechanical colon preparation combined with oral antibiotic versus ...

Dec 2nd, 2021 - In patients with deep sternal wound infection (DSWI), primary closure of the sternal bone over high negative pressure Redon drains has shown to be a safe and feasible treatment method. Addition of local gentamicin could accelerate healing and impr...

Dec 2nd, 2021 - A 67-year-old male presented with sternal dehiscence following open cardiac surgery. Extensive debridement and attempted closure failed, and the wound had since been managed with vacuum-assisted closure therapy, with little progress. We treated hi...

Dec 1st, 2021 - Treatment of chronic ankle instability (CAI) for ankle sprain patients remains a challenge. If initial treatments fail, surgical stabilization techniques including ligament reconstruction should be performed. Anterior tibiofibular ligament (ATiFL)...

Dec 1st, 2021 - Puerperal infection is used to describe any bacterial infection of the reproductive tract after delivery. Identifying the factors affecting postpartum infections can reduce the risk and complications of such factors and postpartum maternal mortali...

Aug 17th, 2019 - Appropriate timing for closure of myelomeningocele (MM) varies in the literature. Older studies present 48 h as the timeframe after which infection complication rates rise. The objective of this guideline is to determine if closing the MM within 4...

Jul 4th, 2015 - The Executive board of the Italian Society for Endoscopic Surgery (SICE) promoted an update of the first evidence-based Italian Consensus Conference Guidelines 2010 because a large amount of literature has been published in the last 4 years about ...

Nov 2nd, 2021 - This trial will address essential questions of the efficacy and safety of MICS-CABG in addition to the quality of life and patency rate of the grafts. The study will also address the impact of patients' preferences on external validity and interna...

Nov 1st, 2021 - The material used for closure of surgical incision is often considered "dealer's choice" and usually is chosen from one (or a combination) of the following techniques: subcutaneous absorbable sutures, interrupted simple/mattress dermal sutures, or...

Oct 12th, 2021 - Locally advanced pelvic malignancies pose numerous technical difficulties to oncological surgeons, particularly where extended resections are performed. The repair of skin and soft tissue defects after radical resections are among the most challen...

Oct 11th, 2021 - Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is the most common surgical procedure aimed against ischemic heart disease (IHD) in Sweden. Early and late success of CABG is the result of sustained patency of the bypass grafts. The choice of conduit (graft...

Oct 6th, 2021 - Surgical site infection (SSI) is one of the most common complications following surgery with significant costs to patients and health systems. Earlier diagnosis and treatment of SSI can reduce its impact. We have previously developed a unique remo...

Nov 18th, 2021 - While a squamous cell carcinoma presenting this way is perhaps more common, this nonhealing draining papule over a sternal scar was actually a sternocutaneous fistula (SCF). Examination revealed multiple bound down pits along the sternotomy scar.

Nov 8th, 2021 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In patients undergoing elective colorectal surgery, adding oral antibiotics (OAs) to intravenous (IV) antibiotics preoperatively reduced incisional surgical site infection (SSI) by more than 50% in a network meta-analys...

Oct 6th, 2021 - Immediate drainage of infected necrotizing pancreatitis within 24 hours of diagnosis did not result in significantly fewer complications compared to postponed drainage, a small randomized controlled trial found. In an intention-to-treat analysis o...

Oct 6th, 2021 - Perry Shen, MD, FACS Clancy Clark, MD Wake Forest Baptist Health Comprehensive Cancer Center Despite an overall decline in cancer death rates during the last decade, hepatic and pancreatic cancer death rates are on ...

Sep 24th, 2021 - ​​Takeaway Women had a greater risk of short-term mortality and post-operative stroke than men following coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) and valve surgery combined with CABG. No difference was seen in isolated aortic valve replacement (AVR), l...