Surgical site infections (SSIs) are the most common health-care-associated infections in
developing countries, but they also represent a substantial epidemiological burden in high …

Background Surgical site infections (SSIs) are wound infections that occur after an operative
procedure. A preventable complication, they are costly and associated with poorer patient …

Laparotomy incisions provide easy and rapid access to the peritoneal cavity in case of
emergency surgery. Incisional hernia (IH) is a late manifestation of the failure of abdominal …

Abstract Background: Surgical site infections (SSIs) are one of the most common hospital-
acquired infections. To reduce SSIs, prophylactic intra-operative wound irrigation (pIOWI) …

Background Surgical site infections (SSI) represent a considerable burden for healthcare
systems. They are largely preventable and multiple interventions have been proposed over …

Background The guidelines for the prevention, detection, and management of
gastroenterological surgical site infections (SSIs) were published in Japanese by the Japan …

Summary Background Surgical site infections (SSIs) remain a significant and common
postoperative complication. Whereas most surgeons use some form of wound irrigation …

Wound irrigation (ie washing out a wound before wound closure) aims to reduce the
microbial burden by removing tissue debris, metabolic waste, and tissue exudate from the …

Background: Surgical site infections (SSIs) are costly and associated with poorer patient
outcomes. Intra-operative surgical site irrigation and intra-cavity lavage may reduce the risk …

Background Skin antiseptic agents are used to prevent surgical-site infection (SSI); few trials
have reported the superiority of any specific agent in clean-contaminated abdominal …