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Subject Areas on Research
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"But my patients are different!": risk adjustment in 2012 and beyond.
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2012 Young Investigator Award winner: The distribution of body mass as a significant risk factor for lumbar spinal fusion postoperative infections.
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A 9-Year retrospective review of antibiotic cycling in a surgical intensive care unit.
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A Web-Based Calculator for Predicting the Occurrence of Wound Complications, Wound Infection, and Unplanned Reoperation for Wound Complications in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Spinal Metastases.
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A compendium of strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections in acute care hospitals: 2014 updates.
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A model to predict risk of postpartum infection after Caesarean delivery.
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A multi-institutional cohort study confirming the risks of Clostridium difficile infection associated with prolonged antibiotic prophylaxis.
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A perioperative multidisciplinary care bundle reduces surgical site infections in patients undergoing synchronous colorectal and liver resection.
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A pilot study to determine the feasibility of continuous cefazolin infusion.
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A rationale for the treatment of difficult basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas of the skin.
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A systematic review of antibiotic use and infection in breast reconstruction: what is the evidence?
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A trial of prophylactic cefamandole in extended gynecologic surgery.
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Actionable Risk Model for the Development of Surgical Site Infection after Emergency Surgery.
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Adherence to Guidelines for the Administration of Intraoperative Antibiotics in a Nationwide US Sample.
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Advances in Wound Management.
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Adverse Events in Endoscopic Sinus Surgery for Infectious Orbital Complications of Sinusitis: 30-Day NSQIP Pediatric Outcomes.
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Adverse events associated with laparoscopy vs laparotomy in the treatment of endometrial cancer.
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Albumin Versus American Society of Anesthesiologists Score: Which Is More Predictive of Complications Following Total Joint Arthroplasty?
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Anastomotic infections in lung transplant recipients.
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Antibiotic Prophylaxis following Implant-Based Breast Reconstruction: What Is the Evidence?
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Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Megaprosthetic Reconstructions: Drug and Dosing May Matter More than Duration.
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Antibiotic prophylaxis in interventional radiology.
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Antibiotic prophylaxis in percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy.
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Antibiotic-loaded bone cement for infection prophylaxis in total joint replacement.
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Antibiotics after Simple (Acute) Appendicitis are not Associated with Better Clinical Outcomes: A Post-Hoc Analysis of an EAST Multi-Center Study.
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Antibiotics for the Prevention and Treatment of Postsurgical Obstetric Infections.
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Are Prophylactic Postoperative Antibiotics Necessary for Immediate Breast Reconstruction? Results of a Prospective Randomized Clinical Trial.
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Arm complications after radial artery procurement for coronary bypass operation.
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Assessing the relative burden of hospital-acquired infections in a network of community hospitals.
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Association between endoscopic vs open vein-graft harvesting and mortality, wound complications, and cardiovascular events in patients undergoing CABG surgery.
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Association of Duration and Type of Surgical Prophylaxis With Antimicrobial-Associated Adverse Events.
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Association of Gangrenous, Suppurative, and Exudative Findings With Outcomes and Resource Utilization in Children With Nonperforated Appendicitis.
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Association of Safety Culture with Surgical Site Infection Outcomes.
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Association of Treatment of Chorioamnionitis with Non-Beta Lactam Antibiotics and Postcesarean Infectious Morbidity.
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Avoiding complications with radical cystectomy.
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Bacteriologic features of surgical site infections following breast surgery.
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Battling the Chimaera: How Much
Disclosure of Rare Risks Is Necessary?
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Bevacizumab in the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer: safety profile and management of adverse events.
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Beyond death and graft survival-Variation in outcomes after liver transplant. Results from the NSQIP transplant beta phase.
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Bilateral nephrectomy by the posterior approach.
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Bioburden after Staphylococcus aureus inoculation in type 1 diabetic rats undergoing internal fixation.
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Blurred Lines: Dysbiosis and Probiotics in the ICU.
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CORR Insights(®): Does Preadmission Cutaneous Chlorhexidine Preparation Reduce Surgical Site Infections After Total Hip Arthroplasty?
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Candidal anastomotic infection in lung transplant recipients: successful treatment with a combination of systemic and inhaled antifungal agents.
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Carbapenems for surgical prophylaxis?
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Causes and Predictors of 30-Day Readmission After Shoulder and Knee Arthroscopy: An Analysis of 15,167 Cases.
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Cefazolin prophylaxis in obese women undergoing cesarean delivery: a randomized controlled trial.
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Center variation and outcomes associated with delayed sternal closure after stage 1 palliation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome.
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Chondrogenesis by free and vascularized rabbit auricular perichondrium.
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Chronic Inflammation After YAG Capsulotomy.
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Clinical and financial outcomes due to methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus surgical site infection: a multi-center matched outcomes study.
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Clinical outcome of interval cadaveric renal transplantation in cardiac allograft recipients.
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Clinical predictors of major infections after cardiac surgery.
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Clinical significance of bacterial cultures from 28 autologous islet cell transplant solutions.
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Clostridial infection of a liver transplant treated with retransplantation.
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Combined Mechanical and Oral Antibiotic Bowel Preparation Reduces Incisional Surgical Site Infection and Anastomotic Leak Rates After Elective Colorectal Resection: An Analysis of Colectomy-Targeted ACS NSQIP.
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Comparison of antibiotic beads and intravenous antibiotics in open fractures.
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Comparison of complications in free flap reconstruction for osteoradionecrosis in patients with or without hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
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Comparison of omental and pectoralis flaps for poststernotomy mediastinitis.
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Complex surgical site infections and the devilish details of risk adjustment: important implications for public reporting.
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Complicated Appendicitis: Are Extended Antibiotics Necessary? A Post Hoc Analysis of the EAST Appendicitis "MUSTANG" Study.
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Complications in total shoulder and reverse total shoulder arthroplasty by body mass index.
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Contamination Relative to the Activation Timing of Filtered-Exhaust Helmets.
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Control charts and control limits.
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Correlation Between Postoperative Antimicrobial Prophylaxis Use and Surgical Site Infection in Children Undergoing Nonemergent Surgery.
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Craniotomy flap osteomyelitis: a diagnostic approach.
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Current practice among plastic surgeons of antibiotic prophylaxis and closed-suction drains in breast reconstruction: experience, evidence, and implications for postoperative care.
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Cyanoacrylate dressings: are they microbiologically impermeable?
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Delay in diagnosis of invasive surgical site infections following knee arthroplasty versus hip arthroplasty.
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Delayed Sleeve Gastrectomy Following Liver Transplantation: A 5-Year Experience.
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Delayed Sternal Closure in Infant Heart Surgery-The Importance of Where and When: An Analysis of the STS Congenital Heart Surgery Database.
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Delphi Consensus on Intraoperative Technical/Surgical Aspects to Prevent Surgical Site Infection after Colorectal Surgery.
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Developing Process Maps as a Tool for a Surgical Infection Prevention Quality Improvement Initiative in Resource-Constrained Settings.
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Development and Validation of a Model for Predicting Surgical Site Infection After Pelvic Organ Prolapse Surgery.
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Development of a quality improvement program in a department of ophthalmology.
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Development of best practices to minimize wound complications after complex tethered spinal cord surgery: a modified Delphi study.
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Diabetes and early postoperative outcomes following lumbar fusion.
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Do Periarticular Joint Infections Present an Increase in Infection Risk?
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Do risk calculators accurately predict surgical site occurrences?
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Does negative pressure wound therapy have a role in preventing poststernotomy wound complications?
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Early recognition and response to increases in surgical site infections using optimized statistical process control charts-the Early 2RIS Trial: a multicenter cluster randomized controlled trial with stepped wedge design.
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Effect of Diagnosis on Outcomes in the Setting of Enhanced Recovery Protocols.
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Effect of Intrawound Vancomycin Powder in Operatively Treated High-risk Tibia Fractures: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
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Effect of Obesity on Radiographic Alignment and Short-Term Complications After Surgical Treatment of Adult Cervical Deformity.
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Effect of advancing age on outcomes of deep brain stimulation for Parkinson disease.
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Effect of an implantable gentamicin-collagen sponge on sternal wound infections following cardiac surgery: a randomized trial.
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Effect of an investigational vaccine for preventing Staphylococcus aureus infections after cardiothoracic surgery: a randomized trial.
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Effect of liberal blood transfusion on clinical outcomes and cost in spine surgery patients.
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Efficacy of povidone-iodine in pre-operative skin preparation.
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Electronic reminders for intraoperative antibiotic re-dosing.
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Electronically Available Comorbidities Should Be Used in Surgical Site Infection Risk Adjustment.
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Elevated Preoperative Hemoglobin A1c Associated with Increased Wound Complications in Diabetic Patients Undergoing Primary, Open Carpal Tunnel Release.
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Emerging trends in mediastinitis: National Veterans Health Administration experience with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus prevention.
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Endophthalmitis Rates and Clinical Outcomes Following Penetrating and Endothelial Keratoplasty.
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Endoscopic versus open saphenous vein harvest: the effect on postoperative outcomes.
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Epidemiology and outcome of major postoperative infections following cardiac surgery: risk factors and impact of pathogen type.
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Epidemiology of Surgical Site Infection in a Community Hospital Network.
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Epidemiology of surgical site infections after solid organ transplants in the period 2015-2019: A single-center retrospective cohort study.
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Evidence-based value of subcutaneous surgical wound drainage: the largest systematic review and meta-analysis.
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Expanded Gram-Negative Antimicrobial Prophylaxis Reduces Surgical Site Infections in Hip Arthroplasty.
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Experience with intrawound vancomycin powder for posterior cervical fusion surgery.
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Experience with intrawound vancomycin powder for spinal deformity surgery.
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Experimental and clinical experience with hyperbaric oxygen in the treatment of clostridial myonecrosis.
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Factors affecting the incidence of infectious morbidity after radical hysterectomy.
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Factors associated with infection following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.
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False-positive Gram-stained smears.
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Foot and Ankle Surgery: Common Problems and Solutions.
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Fournier's gangrene: a complication of penile prosthetic implantation in a renal transplant patient.
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Free vascularized fibular graft reconstruction of large skeletal defects after tumor resection.
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Gallstone ileus: revisiting surgical outcomes using National Surgical Quality Improvement Program data.
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Gentamicin sponge for infection prophylaxis in colorectal surgery.
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Gentamicin-collagen sponge for infection prophylaxis in colorectal surgery.
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Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Colectomy Improves Perioperative Outcomes Without Increasing Operative Time Compared to the Open Approach: a National Analysis of 8791 Patients.
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Health Care Utilization and Associated Economic Burden of Postoperative Surgical Site Infection after Spinal Surgery with Follow-Up of 24 Months.
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Hip joint exposure during ischial pressure sore reconstruction.
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Impact of Delay in Appendectomy on the Outcome of Appendicitis: A Post Hoc Analysis of an EAST Multicenter Study.
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Impact of Reduced Preincision Antibiotic Infusion Time on Surgical Site Infection Rates: A Retrospective Cohort Study.
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Impact of chemotherapy on postoperative complications after mastectomy and immediate breast reconstruction.
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Impact of perioperative allogeneic and autologous blood transfusion on acute wound infection following total knee and total hip arthroplasty.
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Impact of surgical site infection and surgical debridement on lumbar arthrodesis: A single-institution analysis of incidence and risk factors.
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Importance of perioperative glycemic control in general surgery: a report from the Surgical Care and Outcomes Assessment Program.
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Improving Outcomes in Colorectal Surgery by Sequential Implementation of Multiple Standardized Care Programs.
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In Vivo Efficacy of a ´93Smart´94 Antimicrobial Implant Coating
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Incisional Infections after Renal Transplant: Outcome Data From 238 Consecutive Recipients.
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Increased use of surgical energy promotes methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization in rabbits following open ventral hernia mesh repair.
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Independent Predictors of 30-Day Perioperative Deep Vein Thrombosis in 1346 Consecutive Patients After Spine Surgery.
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Infection rate and risk factor analysis in an orthopaedic ambulatory surgical center.
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Infections in patients with cystic fibrosis following lung transplantation.
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Internal hernia: postoperative complication of roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery.
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Intraoperative Fire Risk: Evaluating the 3-Minute Wait After Chlorhexidine-Alcohol Antiseptic Scrub.
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Intraoperative Versus Extended Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Liver Transplant Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial.
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Intraoperative pelvic brachytherapy for treatment of locally advanced or recurrent colorectal cancer.
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Intrawound Vancomycin Decreases the Risk of Surgical Site Infection After Posterior Spine Surgery: A Multicenter Analysis.
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Invited commentary.
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Is There a Difference in Infection Risk Between Single and Multiple Doses of Prophylactic Antibiotics? A Meta-analysis.
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Is the timing of fixation associated with fracture-related infection among tibial plateau fracture patients with compartment syndrome? A multicenter retrospective cohort study of 729 patients.
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Knee arthrodesis with circular external fixation.
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Laparoscopic ventral hernia repair with primary fascial closure versus bridged repair: a risk-adjusted comparative study.
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Large-scale empirical optimisation of statistical control charts to detect clinically relevant increases in surgical site infection rates.
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Letter to the editor regarding: "Effectiveness of local vancomycin powder to decrease surgical site infections: a meta-analysis" by Chiang et al.
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Local Antibiotic Therapy to Reduce Infection After Operative Treatment of Fractures at High Risk of Infection: A Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled Trial (VANCO Study).
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Local anesthesia: a strategy for reducing surgical site infections?
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Long-Term, Prospective, Multicenter Study of Poly-4-Hydroxybutyrate Mesh (Phasix Mesh) for Hernia Repair in Cohort at Risk for Complication: 60-Month Follow-Up.
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Long-term follow-up of a randomized controlled trial of suture versus mesh repair of incisional hernia.
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Long-term reconstructive outcomes after expander-implant breast reconstruction with serious infectious or wound-healing complications.
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Long-term sequelae following median sternotomy wound infection and flap reconstruction.
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Major infection after pediatric cardiac surgery: a risk estimation model.
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Management of abdominal aortic graft complications.
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Management of postneurosurgical bone flap loss caused by infection.
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Management practices and major infections after cardiac surgery.
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Maternal near miss and mortality due to postpartum infection: a cross-sectional analysis from Rwanda.
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Mechanical bowel preps improve surgical outcomes in colorectal surgery.
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Minimally Invasive Surgical Site Infection in Procedure-Targeted ACS NSQIP Pancreaticoduodenectomies.
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Mitigation and education.
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Mitigation and education.
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Morbidity and mortality in the surgical treatment of 10,242 adults with spondylolisthesis.
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Morbidity and mortality in the surgical treatment of six hundred five pediatric patients with isthmic or dysplastic spondylolisthesis.
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Multiple nosocomial infections. An incidence study.
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Multiple-day drainage when using bone morphogenic protein for long-segment thoracolumbar fusions is associated with low rates of wound complications.
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Muscle Flap Closures in Spine Surgery: Predictors of Usage Patterns and Factors Associated With Postoperative Complications From the NSQIP Database.
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Mycoplasma hominis pneumonia complicating bilateral lung transplantation: case report and review of the literature.
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Nanoantibiotics: a new paradigm for the treatment of surgical infection.
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Necrotizing fasciitis of the shoulder following routine rotator cuff repair. A case report.
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Negative pressure wound therapy reduces incidence of postoperative wound infection and dehiscence after long-segment thoracolumbar spinal fusion: a single institutional experience.
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Negative pressure wound therapy reduces surgical site infections.
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Nonreamed locking intramedullary nailing for open fractures of the tibia.
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Nosocomial infections within the first month of solid organ transplantation.
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Novel Use of Active Leptospermum Honey for Ringed Fixator Pin Site Care in Diabetic Charcot Deformity Patients.
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Nurse-Initiated Telephone Follow Up after Ureteroscopic Stone Surgery.
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Obesity is a predictor of morbidity in 1,629 patients who underwent adrenalectomy.
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One size does not fit all: involve orthopaedic implant patients in deciding whether to use prophylactic antibiotics with dental procedures.
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Optimal surgical care for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: an international consensus.
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Optimizing Successful Outcomes in Complex Spine Reconstruction Using Local Muscle Flaps.
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Oropharyngeal Contamination Predisposes to Complications after Neck Dissection: An Analysis of 9462 Patients.
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Outpatient meniscectomy of the knee.
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Pediatric spinal deformities.
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Performance of statistical process control methods for regional surgical site infection surveillance: a 10-year multicentre pilot study.
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Perioperative Antibiotic Choice in Labored versus Unlabored Cesareans and Risk of Postcesarean Infectious Morbidity.
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Perioperative Bundle to Reduce Surgical Site Infection after Pancreaticoduodenectomy: A Prospective Cohort Study.
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Perioperative Laboratory Markers as Risk Factors for Surgical Site Infection After Elective Hand Surgery.
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Perioperative complications influence recurrence and survival after resection of hepatic colorectal metastases.
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Perioperative methylprednisolone and outcome in neonates undergoing heart surgery.
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Pharmacokinetics and tissue penetration of cefoxitin in obesity: implications for risk of surgical site infection.
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Plastic Surgeon Closure of Index Spinal Cases: A Single-Institution Review of 928 Cases.
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Plastic surgery wound closure following resection of spinal metastases.
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Poor functional status as a risk factor for surgical site infection due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
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Poor functional status is an independent predictor of surgical site infections due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in older adults.
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Post-operative delirium is an independent predictor of 30-day hospital readmission after spine surgery in the elderly (≥65years old): A study of 453 consecutive elderly spine surgery patients.
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Post-surgical infections and perioperative antibiotics usage in pediatric genitourinary procedures.
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Postdischarge antibiotic use for prophylaxis following spinal fusion.
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Postoperative Prophylactic Antibiotics Reduce Surgical Site Infection Rates after Ventral Hernia Repair: A Systematic Review.
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Postoperative infection following strabismus surgery: case series and increased incidence in a single referral center.
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Postoperative infection in cochlear implant patients.
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Postoperative infection in spine surgery: does the month matter?
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Postoperative surgical site infections in patients undergoing spinal tumor surgery: incidence and risk factors.
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Predictors of Hospital Readmission and Surgical Site Infection in the United States, Denmark, and Japan: Is Risk Stratification a Universal Language?
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Predictors of Infectious Complications after Targeted Prophylaxis for Prostate Needle Biopsy.
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Predictors of ventriculostomy infection in a large single-center cohort.
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Preoperative predictors for complications after pancreaticoduodenectomy: impact of BMI and body fat distribution.
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Preoperative use of anti-TNF therapy and postoperative complications in inflammatory bowel diseases: a meta-analysis.
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Preoperative β-blocker use in coronary artery bypass grafting surgery: national database analysis.
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Presence of gingivitis and periodontitis significantly increases hospital charges in patients undergoing heart valve surgery.
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Prevention of late PJI.
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Prevention of superficial wound separation with subcutaneous retention sutures.
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Prevention of surgical site infection: beyond SCIP.
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Prevention of surgical-site infections.
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Primary fascial closure during laparoscopic ventral hernia repair does not reduce 30-day wound complications.
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Principles of Anti-infective Dosing in Pregnancy.
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Prophylactic Antibiotic Regimens In Tumor Surgery (PARITY): a multi-center randomized controlled study comparing alternative antibiotic regimens in patients undergoing tumor resections with endoprosthetic replacements-a statistical analysis plan.
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Prophylactic use of intraoperative vancomycin powder and postoperative infection: an analysis of microbiological patterns in 1200 consecutive surgical cases.
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Radiological cases of the month. Expansile bone cyst in osteogenesis imperfecta.
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Random forest modeling can predict infectious complications following trauma laparotomy.
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Randomized Controlled Trial of Octyl Cyanoacrylate Skin Adhesive versus Subcuticular Suture for Skin Closure after Implantable Venous Port Placement.
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Rates of infection after spine surgery based on 108,419 procedures: a report from the Scoliosis Research Society Morbidity and Mortality Committee.
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Red eye after strabismus surgery: community-acquired MRSA periocular infection.
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Reduced CSF leak in complete calvarial reconstructions of microvascular decompression craniectomies using calcium phosphate cement.
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Reduction in wound morbidity rates following endoscopic saphenous vein harvest.
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Reduction of exit-site infections of tunnelled intravascular catheters among neutropenic patients by sustained-release chlorhexidine dressings: results from a prospective randomized controlled trial.
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Reduction of surgical site infections after laparoscopic gastric bypass with circular stapled gastrojejunostomy.
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Relationship between race and mortality and morbidity after valve replacement surgery.
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Relative risks of ventriculostomy infection and morbidity.
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Removal of a well-fixed metal-metal hip resurfacing acetabular component.
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Residual bacterial contamination after surgical preparation of the foot or ankle with or without alcohol.
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Results of the modified bi-pectoral muscle flap procedure for post-sternotomy deep wound infection.
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Retrospective analysis of culture-negative versus culture-positive postoperative spinal infections.
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Risk factors for 1-year mortality after postoperative mediastinitis.
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Risk factors for gram-negative bacterial surgical site infection: do allergies to antibiotics increase risk?
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Risk factors for infection after orthopaedic spine surgery at a high-volume institution.
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Risk factors for post-operative wound infection in the setting of chorioamnionitis and cesarean delivery.
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Risk factors for postoperative mediastinitis due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
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Risk factors for postoperative spinal wound infections after spinal decompression and fusion surgeries.
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Risk factors for surgical site infection complicating laminectomy.
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Risk factors for surgical site infections after breast surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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Risk factors for surgical site infections in older people.
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Risk prediction for Staphylococcus aureus surgical site infection following cardiothoracic surgery; A secondary analysis of the V710-P003 trial.
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Sacral osteomyelitis: an unusual complication of abdominal sacral colpopexy.
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Safety of transvenous cardiac resynchronization system implantation in patients with chronic heart failure: combined results of over 2,000 patients from a multicenter study program.
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Seasonal Variation of Common Surgical Site Infections: Does Season Matter?
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Secondary surgical-site infection after coronary artery bypass grafting: A multi-institutional prospective cohort study.
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Serious superficial incisional surgical site infections (SSISSIs): A proposed surveillance definition.
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Severe surgical site infection in community hospitals: epidemiology, key procedures, and the changing prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
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Shifting surgical site infection denominators and implications for National Health Safety Network reporting.
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Short Operative Duration and Surgical Site Infection Risk in Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Procedures.
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Silver-Impregnated Dressing Does Not Decrease Incidence of Surgical Site Infection After Adult Cardiac Surgery.
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Single-dose versus multiple-dose piperacillin prophylaxis in primary cesarean operation.
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Sonographic appearance of oxidized cellulose (Surgicel): pitfall in the diagnosis of postoperative abscess.
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Staphylococcal surgical site infections.
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Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in the surgical patient: a prospective analysis of 73 postoperative patients who developed Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia at a tertiary care facility.
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Statewide costs of health care-associated infections: estimates for acute care hospitals in North Carolina.
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Sternal talon offers a solution for secondary sternum osteosynthesis in patients with nonunion.
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Sternal wound dehiscence complicated by macromastia: report of two cases with discussion of literature.
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Strategies to decolonize the shoulder of Cutibacterium acnes: a review of the literature.
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Strategies to prevent surgical site infections in acute care hospitals.
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Strategies to prevent surgical site infections in acute care hospitals: 2014 update.
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Sublay versus underlay in open ventral hernia repair.
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Successful management of orbital cellulitis and temporary visual loss after blepharoplasty.
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Surgical Site Infection Prevention: A Review.
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Surgical Site Infection in Children with Neuromuscular Disorders after Laparoscopic Gastrostomy: A Propensity-Matched National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Pediatrics Database Analysis.
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Surgical Site Infections.
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Surgical Site Infections: An Update.
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Surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis: is the glass half empty or more than 99% full?
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Surgical complications associated with sentinel lymph node biopsy: results from a prospective international cooperative group trial.
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Surgical infection prophylaxis prior to left ventricular assist device implantation: A survey of clinical practice.
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Surgical site infection and analytic morphometric assessment of body composition in patients undergoing midline laparotomy.
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Surgical site infection in the elderly following orthopaedic surgery. Risk factors and outcomes.
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Surgical site infection in the elderly population.
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Surgical site infection prophylaxis strategies for cardiothoracic surgery: a decision-analytic model.
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Surgical site infection rates: open versus hand-assisted colorectal resections.
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Surgical site infections after laparoscopic and open cholecystectomies in community hospitals .
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Surgical site infections following bariatric surgery in community hospitals: a weighty concern?
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Surgical site infections.
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Surgical volume and the risk of surgical site infection in community hospitals: size matters.
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Surgical-site infection due to Staphylococcus aureus among elderly patients: mortality, duration of hospitalization, and cost.
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Surveying the surveillance: surgical site infections excluded by the January 2013 updated surveillance definitions.
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Suture, synthetic, or biologic in contaminated ventral hernia repair.
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Systematic review and consensus definitions for the Standardised Endpoints in Perioperative Medicine (StEP) initiative: infection and sepsis.
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The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Use of Bowel Preparation in Elective Colon and Rectal Surgery.
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The Baltodano Breast Reduction Score: A Nationwide, Multi-Institutional, Validated Approach to Reducing Surgical-Site Morbidity.
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The Clinical Role of Intraoperative Core Temperature in Free Tissue Transfer.
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The Contemporary Safety and Effectiveness of Lower Extremity Bypass Surgery and Peripheral Endovascular Interventions in the Treatment of Symptomatic Peripheral Arterial Disease.
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The Effect of Blood Loss on Cefazolin Levels in Women Undergoing Cesarean Delivery.
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The clinical experience with silicone-dacron metacarpophalangeal and interphalangeal joint prostheses.
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The deadly toll of invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in community hospitals.
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The effect of increasing age on the risk of surgical site infection.
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The effect of increasing body mass index on wound complications in open ventral hernia repair with mesh.
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The effect of microbial contamination on musculocutaneous and random flaps.
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The effect of povidone-iodine solutions used as surgical preparations on the bacterial flora of the skin.
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The effect of surgical site infection on older operative patients.
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The evaluation of the implementation of the vascular preventative bundle and development of suggested interventions for improvement and sustainability.
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The evolving landscape of healthcare-associated infections: recent advances in prevention and a road map for research.
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The fibula-flexor hallucis longus osteomuscular flap.
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The impact of depth of infection and postdischarge surveillance on rate of surgical-site infections in a network of community hospitals.
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The impact of obesity on outcomes for patients undergoing mastectomy using the ACS-NSQIP data set.
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The impact of patient-reported penicillin or cephalosporin allergy on surgical site infections.
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The impact of surgical-site infections following orthopedic surgery at a community hospital and a university hospital: adverse quality of life, excess length of stay, and extra cost.
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The impact of surgical-site infections in the 1990s: attributable mortality, excess length of hospitalization, and extra costs.
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The preventive surgical site infection bundle in colorectal surgery: an effective approach to surgical site infection reduction and health care cost savings.
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The surgical care improvement project and prevention of post-operative infection, including surgical site infection.
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Thickness of subcutaneous fat as a risk factor for infection in cervical spine fusion surgery.
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Timing of definitive fixation of severe tibial plateau fractures with compartment syndrome does not have an effect on the rate of infection.
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Topical Vancomycin for Surgical Prophylaxis in Pediatric Craniofacial Surgeries.
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Topical vancomycin for surgical prophylaxis in non-instrumented pediatric spinal surgeries.
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Topical vancomycin surgical prophylaxis in pediatric open craniotomies: an institutional experience.
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Total knee arthroplasty in hemophilia.
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Trabeculectomy with mitomycin-C in pediatric glaucomas.
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Treatment of meningomyelocele in indigent and nonindigent patients.
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Two-year outcomes in primary THA in obese male veterans administration medical center patients.
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Unplanned Admissions Following Hip Arthroscopy: Incidence and Risk Factors.
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Use of both internal thoracic arteries in diabetic patients increases deep sternal wound infection.
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Use of optimised dual statistical process control charts for early detection of surgical site infection outbreaks.
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Vagal nerve stimulator pocket infections.
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Validated prediction model for severe groin wound infection after lower extremity revascularization procedures.
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Validating a 3-point prediction rule for surgical site infection after coronary artery bypass surgery.
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Variation in the type and frequency of postoperative invasive Staphylococcus aureus infections according to type of surgical procedure.
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Which Comorbid Conditions Should We Be Analyzing as Risk Factors for Healthcare-Associated Infections?
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Which Complications Matter Most? Prioritizing Quality Improvement in Emergency General Surgery.
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Wound classification reporting in HPB surgery: can a single word change public perception of institutional performance?
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Wound infection after cholecystectomy. Correlation between bacteria in bile and wound infection after operation on the gallbladder for acute and chronic gallstone disease.
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Keywords of People
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Alexander, John Hunter Peel,
Professor of Medicine,
Medicine, Cardiology
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Berchuck, Andrew,
James M. Ingram Distinguished Professor of Gynecologic Oncology,
Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gynecologic Oncology
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Reed, Shelby Derene,
Professor in Population Health Sciences,
Duke Science & Society
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Sampson, John Howard,
Robert H., M.D. and Gloria Wilkins Professor of Neurosurgery, in the School of Medicine,
Biomedical Engineering