Less surgical site infections in neurosurgery during COVID-19 times—one potential benefit of the pandemic?

T Chacón-Quesada, V Rohde, C von der Brelie - Neurosurgical review, 2021 - Springer
Hygiene measures were intensified when the COVID-19 pandemic began. Patient contacts
were limited to a minimum. Visitors were either not allowed for a certain period or limited for …

Development of machine learning models for the detection of surgical site infections following total hip and knee arthroplasty: a multicenter cohort study

G Wu, C Cheligeer, DA Southern, EA Martin… - … Resistance & Infection …, 2023 - Springer
Background Population based surveillance of surgical site infections (SSIs) requires precise
case-finding strategies. We sought to develop and validate machine learning models to …

Clinical application of large channel endoscopic systems with full endoscopic visualization technique in lumbar central spinal stenosis: a retrospective cohort study

S Han, X Zeng, K Zhu, X Wu, Y Shen, J Han, A Lin… - Pain and Therapy, 2022 - Springer
Introduction Recently, large channel endoscopic systems and full endoscopic visualization
technique have been used to perform unilateral laminotomy for bilateral decompression …

The effects of avoiding extended antimicrobial drain prophylaxis on Clostridioides difficile and postprocedural infection rates: a 5-year retrospective

AC Marino, ED Robinson, JA Durden, HL Cox… - Journal of …, 2022 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Postprocedural infection is a consequential complication of neurosurgical
intervention. Periprocedural antimicrobial prophylaxis is routinely administered to prevent …

[PDF][PDF] Divergences between healthcare-associated infection administrative data and active surveillance data in Canada.

V Boulanger, É Poirier, A MacLaurin… - … Disease Report= Releve …, 2022 - canada.ca
Abstract Background: Although Canada has both a national active surveillance system and
administrative data for the passive surveillance of healthcare-associated infections (HAI) …

Accuracy of hospital-based surveillance systems for surgical site infection after adult spine surgery: a Bayesian latent class analysis

O Lasry, T Ailon, R Charest-Morin, N Dea… - Journal of Hospital …, 2021 - Elsevier
Summary Background Surgical site infections (SSIs) of the spine are morbid and costly
complications. An accurate surveillance system is required to properly describe the disease …

The benefit of antibiotic-combined Mg-hydroxyapatite bone graft substitute over autologous bone for surgical site infection prevention in posterolateral spinal fusion: a …

B Zanotti, F Muggiolu, L De Maria - Annals of Medicine and …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Study Design: Retrospective cohort study. Objective: The authors' goal was to clarify whether
a bone substitute combined with antibiotics might gain a hold in spinal surgery as a …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 Mortality and Social Inequalities: Divergences between healthcare-associated infection administrative data and active surveillance data in Canada

V Boulanger, É Poirier, A MacLaurin… - Canada Communicable …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Although Canada has both a national active surveillance system and
administrative data for the passive surveillance of healthcare-associated infections (HAI) …

[PDF][PDF] Divergences entre les données administratives sur les infections associées aux soins de santé et les données issues de la surveillance active au Canada

V Boulanger, É Poirier, A MacLaurin, C Quach - RMTC, 2022 - canada.ca
Résumé Contexte: Bien que le Canada dispose à la fois d'un système national de
surveillance active et de données administratives pour la surveillance passive des infections …

Preoperative Skin Preparation Protocol for Patients Undergoing Abdominal and Spinal Surgery

L Moyer - 2023 - scholarworks.uark.edu
Surgical site infections are an avoidable complication in surgical patients and one of the
most common hospital-acquired infections. Adverse effects of surgical site infections include …