My C-section became a rotting flesh nightmare after docs used unsterile tools – I was in a wheelchair for 9 YEARS

KELLY Simmons was left wheelchair-bound for nine years after a flesh-eating bug infected her C-section scar, as a result of ...
EurekAlert!

To prevent infection after C-section, chlorhexidine better than iodine

Women undergo more cesarean sections each year in the United States than any other major surgery, with the procedure carrying a significant rate of infection at the incision site. A new study from ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Timing of Antibiotics Crucial in Preventing Infections After C Section

Giving antibiotics before cesarean section surgery rather than just after the newborn’s umbilical cord is clamped cuts the infection rate at the surgical site in half, according to researchers at ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

PICO sNPWT Significantly Reduces C-Section Complications, Lowers Cost, Study Finds

Smith+Nephew's PICO sNPWT device significantly reduced surgical site complications in C-section patients compared with another sNPWT device. The study showed PICO sNPWT led to lower rates of ...