Background This is the fourth updated Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS®) Society
guideline presenting a consensus for optimal perioperative care in colorectal surgery and …

Introduction: Surgical site infections have accompanied humanity since the dawn of time.
Development of medicine has reduced their percentage, but still they are a huge problem to …

Surgical site infection (SSI) remains a frequent and challenging complication of surgery. SSI
accounts for greater than 20% of all health care–associated infections, rivaling pneumonia …

SIR produces its Standards of Practice documents by using the following process. Topics of
relevance and timeliness are conceptualized by the Standards of Practice Committee …

Background This is the first Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS®) Society guideline
for primary and secondary hospitals in low–middle-income countries (LMIC's) for elective …

Importance World Health Organization guidelines recommend administering surgical
antimicrobial prophylaxis (SAP), including cefuroxime, within 120 minutes prior to incision …

Objective To assess the effect of dexamethasone on complications or all cause mortality
after major non-cardiac surgery. Design Phase III, randomised, double blind, placebo …

Background Surgical site infections (SSI) are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in
surgical patients. Postoperative and total hospital length of stay (LOS) are known to be …

Importance Surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis (SAP) is a common indication for antibiotic
use in hospitals and is associated with high rates of inappropriateness. Objective To …

The early 1950s witnessed the introduction of vascular reconstruction surgery using
prosthetic vascular grafts. 1 These grafts are important in the management of peripheral …