Laparoscopic surgery (LS), also termed minimal access surgery, has brought a paradigm
shift in the approach to modern surgical care. Early postoperative recovery, less pain …

Purpose The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of perception of importance of
patient safety management, patient safety culture and safety performance on managerial …

Background The International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) is an
international, nonprofit, multicentric health care–associated infection (HAI) cohort …

Purpose Although surgical site infections are a common problem, it is reported that 70% can
be prevented by perioperative personnel compliance with evidence-based …

Objective Studies on surgical site infection (SSI) in adult neurosurgery have presented all
subtypes of SSIs as the general 'SSI'. Given that SSIs constitute a broad range of infections …

Background Postoperative central nervous system infections (PCNSIs) represent a serious
complication, and the timely use of antibiotics guided by the identification of the causative …

BACKGROUND: Frontotemporal craniotomies are commonly performed for a variety of
neurosurgical pathologies. Infections related to craniotomies cause significant morbidity. We …

Background Health care–associated infections (HAIs) have arisen as major sources of
multidrug-resistant bacteria. Surgical site infections (SSIs) are the most frequent HAIs in …

Background: Intra-cranial bacterial infection is a serious complication in emergency
neurosurgical patients, and few data are available on the trends of these infections and the …

Abdominal surgical site infections (SSIs) are infections that occur after abdominal surgery.
They can be superficial, involving the skin tissue only, or more profound, involving deeper …