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Introduction Surgery site infections (SSIs) is one of the common complications affecting surgical management and patient recovery. Related studies report that the incidence of SSIs is 1–14% ( 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 ). The incidence of SSIs is
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postoperative bathing does not increase the risk of suturing wound infection compared with bandaging without bathing ( 4 , 5 , 6 ). Therefore, the possibility of earlier postoperative bathing has become the focus of international controversy ( 7 ), mainly
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Introduction Infectious disease has been and continues to be one of the world's leading causes of morbidity and mortality ( 1 , 2 ). Osteoarticular infections (OAI) in pediatrics are relatively common, with an incidence of 1–20 per 10
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review and meta-analysis was to comprehensively analyse the potential negative effect of smoking on fracture risk, nonunion risk after elective orthopaedic procedures and fracture surgery in general, postoperative infection risk after trauma and
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-union, while post-operative infections and iatrogenic radial nerve palsy (iRNP) do naturally occur following surgical therapy. As complication profiles are known to differ between conservative and surgical therapy, operative techniques, and implant types, but
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Introduction Lower extremity amputation bears a high risk for post-surgical wound infections ( 1 ). Multi-morbid patients with diabetes-induced peripheral arterial disease represent the main subjects of major lower limb amputations ( 2 ). A
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of non-union, delayed union and wound infections there is no consensus concerning the treatment of distal femoral fractures. We carried out a meta-analysis to validate our hypothesis, that RIMN is superior to plate fixation for lowering the risk of
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impact on mental health ( 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 ). Smoking is associated with impaired wound healing and increased susceptibility to surgical site infections (SSIs) ( 9 , 10 , 11 ). SSIs, occurring in 1–20% of patients after ankle and calcaneal
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performance of knee arthroplasty in most patients, postoperative periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) (an infection that occurs in joint replacement) remains concerning as a rare but serious complication ( 3 ). PJI is identified if: there is a sinus tract
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unknown. In fact, this ‘safety’ time interval between the two procedures is essential to minimize the risk of periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) due to possible contamination during the previous hip injections. The primary objectives of this literature