The risk of wound dehiscence among patients undergoing plastic surgery is low overall, and patients' risk did not increase based on older age, according to a literature review. Through a retrospective ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SAN FRANCISCO — Investigators at Duke University Medical Center found a 10% rate of surgical site infection when ...
Background Complex breast surgery, including immediate breast reconstruction and oncoplastic procedures, is increasingly performed to optimise oncologic and aesthetic outcomes. Postoperative wound ...
Background The medical literature includes two risk scores predicting the occurrence of abdominal wound dehiscence. These risk indices were validated by the authors on the populations studied. However ...
Superficial and deep incisional surgical site infections (SSIs) for high risk patients in Class I and Class II wounds Post-operative seroma Dehiscence The development of post-operative surgical site ...
Analyzing real-world data from over 22,000 patients in the Premier PINC AI™ Healthcare Database, the analysis reveals that prophylactic use of PICO sNPWT (-80 mmHg) significantly reduces the risk of ...
Pterygia recur with varying incidence depending on the technique used for excision. We report a case of a recurrent pterygium causing wound dehiscence in a corneal graft after a combined penetrating ...
Obesity has assumed epidemic proportions today. To overcome this problem, many morbidly obese people resort to gastric bypass surgery. This procedure is also recommended by doctors to avoid many ...
A new study released shows that among patients undergoing surgery for chronic wounds related to diabetes, the risk of wound-related complications is affected by how well the patient's blood sugar ...
A 73-year-old female was referred with cataracts. Bilateral radial keratotomy (RK) had been performed 9 years previously for high myopia; on her left eye this had been supplemented with astigmatic ...
Among the 1,879 patients undergoing intra-abdominal procedures during the study period 56 patients were included in the validation group; the patients developed wound dehiscence during the ...
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