After spending three hours under the knife, she woke up in 'total agony' from the surgery and claimed the stitches in her left thigh appeared 'loose' and that the wound was 'leaking fluid'.

and patients with surgical wound healing by secondary intention were randomly assigned to NPWT or usual care, stratified by wound characteristics and study centre. Weekly patient contacts were made ...

Jair Bolsonaro, the former president of Brazil, is recovering in intensive care after undergoing a 12-hour intestinal surgery for pain linked to a stab wound from 2018. The 70-year-old former army ...

“We are excited to share insights with leading wound care providers and key opinion ... to drive awareness and adoption of our products in surgical settings, including gastrointestinal surgery.” ...

There was a visible surgical scar, measuring 20 cm in length, proximal to the left tibia, with no associated tenderness around the incision or the left knee joint. The left lower limb was 3 cm shorter ...

A new study published in the Journal of American Medical Association found a decreased incidence of surgical site infections being linked to wound closure with sutures containing triclosan. To prevent ...

Congestive heart failure as a result of prosthetic dehiscence or obstruction. In all cases, surgery for the prevention of embolism must be performed very early since embolic risk is highest during ...

dehiscence of the incision or opening by the surgeon and culture positive or not cultured when the patient has a fever (>38°C) or localised redness, heat, pain or tenderness; an abscess or other ...

While phacoemulsification with ultrasonic energy is usually our preferred option, in this case MSICS, or manual shelved incision cataract surgery, could be more favorable. Figure 1. The patient ...

One of the most common cases of PT is bony anomalies of the sigmoid sinus, including dehiscence or diverticula ... radiological workup to rule out other possible causes of PT before surgical ...

As shown in Table 2, patients within the pre-protocol period were found to have more total complications (10/46, 23.3%) than those with post-protocol implementation (4/38, 9.5%) (p = 0.14), including ...