Surgical Wound Infection

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • "But my patients are different!": risk adjustment in 2012 and beyond. 
  • 2012 Young Investigator Award winner: The distribution of body mass as a significant risk factor for lumbar spinal fusion postoperative infections. 
  • A 9-Year retrospective review of antibiotic cycling in a surgical intensive care unit. 
  • A Prospective Multi-Institutional Cohort Study of Mediastinal Infections After Cardiac Operations. 
  • A compendium of strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections in acute care hospitals: 2014 updates. 
  • A model to predict risk of postpartum infection after Caesarean delivery. 
  • A new hazard of cornstarch, an absorbable dusting powder. 
  • A pilot study to determine the feasibility of continuous cefazolin infusion. 
  • A rationale for the treatment of difficult basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas of the skin. 
  • A systematic review of antibiotic use and infection in breast reconstruction: what is the evidence? 
  • Abdominal- versus thigh-based reconstruction of perineal defects in patients with cancer. 
  • Advances in Wound Management. 
  • Adverse Events in Endoscopic Sinus Surgery for Infectious Orbital Complications of Sinusitis: 30-Day NSQIP Pediatric Outcomes. 
  • Adverse events associated with laparoscopy vs laparotomy in the treatment of endometrial cancer. 
  • Albumin Versus American Society of Anesthesiologists Score: Which Is More Predictive of Complications Following Total Joint Arthroplasty? 
  • An algorithmic approach for managing orthopaedic surgical wounds of the foot and ankle. 
  • Analysis of matched samples. 
  • Anastomotic infections in lung transplant recipients. 
  • Antibiotic Prophylaxis following Implant-Based Breast Reconstruction: What Is the Evidence? 
  • Antibiotic prophylaxis in interventional radiology. 
  • Antibiotic-loaded bone cement for infection prophylaxis in total joint replacement. 
  • Are Prophylactic Postoperative Antibiotics Necessary for Immediate Breast Reconstruction? Results of a Prospective Randomized Clinical Trial. 
  • Arm complications after radial artery procurement for coronary bypass operation. 
  • Assessing the relative burden of hospital-acquired infections in a network of community hospitals. 
  • Association between endoscopic vs open vein-graft harvesting and mortality, wound complications, and cardiovascular events in patients undergoing CABG surgery. 
  • Association of Safety Culture with Surgical Site Infection Outcomes. 
  • Atypical Mycobacterial Infection Following Upper Eyelid Blepharoplasty. 
  • Avoiding complications with radical cystectomy. 
  • Bevacizumab and wound-healing complications: mechanisms of action, clinical evidence, and management recommendations for the plastic surgeon. 
  • Bevacizumab in the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer: safety profile and management of adverse events. 
  • Bilateral nephrectomy by the posterior approach. 
  • Bioburden after Staphylococcus aureus inoculation in type 1 diabetic rats undergoing internal fixation. 
  • Blurred Lines: Dysbiosis and Probiotics in the ICU. 
  • Candidal anastomotic infection in lung transplant recipients: successful treatment with a combination of systemic and inhaled antifungal agents. 
  • Carbapenems for surgical prophylaxis? 
  • Causes and Predictors of 30-Day Readmission After Shoulder and Knee Arthroscopy: An Analysis of 15,167 Cases. 
  • Cefazolin prophylaxis in obese women undergoing cesarean delivery: a randomized controlled trial. 
  • Center variation and outcomes associated with delayed sternal closure after stage 1 palliation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome. 
  • Chondrogenesis by free and vascularized rabbit auricular perichondrium. 
  • Clinical and financial outcomes due to methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus surgical site infection: a multi-center matched outcomes study. 
  • Clinical outcome of interval cadaveric renal transplantation in cardiac allograft recipients. 
  • Clinical predictors of major infections after cardiac surgery. 
  • Clinical significance of bacterial cultures from 28 autologous islet cell transplant solutions. 
  • Clostridial infection of a liver transplant treated with retransplantation. 
  • 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. 
  • Comparison of antibiotic beads and intravenous antibiotics in open fractures. 
  • Comparison of complications in free flap reconstruction for osteoradionecrosis in patients with or without hyperbaric oxygen therapy. 
  • Comparison of omental and pectoralis flaps for poststernotomy mediastinitis. 
  • Complex surgical site infections and the devilish details of risk adjustment: important implications for public reporting. 
  • Complications, revision fusions, readmissions, and utilization over a 1-year period after bone morphogenetic protein use during primary cervical spine fusions. 
  • Craniotomy flap osteomyelitis: a diagnostic approach. 
  • Current practice among plastic surgeons of antibiotic prophylaxis and closed-suction drains in breast reconstruction: experience, evidence, and implications for postoperative care. 
  • Dangers of cornstarch powder on medical gloves: seeking a solution. 
  • Delay in diagnosis of invasive surgical site infections following knee arthroplasty versus hip arthroplasty. 
  • Delayed Sternal Closure in Infant Heart Surgery-The Importance of Where and When: An Analysis of the STS Congenital Heart Surgery Database. 
  • Diabetes and early postoperative outcomes following lumbar fusion. 
  • Discontinuing the use of dangerous cornstarch powder on medical gloves. 
  • Does negative pressure wound therapy have a role in preventing poststernotomy wound complications? 
  • Effect of Diagnosis on Outcomes in the Setting of Enhanced Recovery Protocols. 
  • Effect of advancing age on outcomes of deep brain stimulation for Parkinson disease. 
  • Effect of an implantable gentamicin-collagen sponge on sternal wound infections following cardiac surgery: a randomized trial. 
  • Effect of an investigational vaccine for preventing Staphylococcus aureus infections after cardiothoracic surgery: a randomized trial. 
  • Effect of liberal blood transfusion on clinical outcomes and cost in spine surgery patients. 
  • Electronically Available Comorbidities Should Be Used in Surgical Site Infection Risk Adjustment. 
  • Endoscopic versus open saphenous vein harvest: the effect on postoperative outcomes. 
  • Epidemiology and outcome of major postoperative infections following cardiac surgery: risk factors and impact of pathogen type. 
  • Epidemiology of Surgical Site Infection in a Community Hospital Network. 
  • Evaluation of a novel technique for wound closure using a barbed suture. 
  • Evaluation of vacuum-assisted closure in the treatment of poststernotomy mediastinitis. 
  • Exacerbation of psychotic disorder during pregnancy in the context of medication discontinuation. 
  • Experience with intrawound vancomycin powder for posterior cervical fusion surgery. 
  • Experience with intrawound vancomycin powder for spinal deformity surgery. 
  • Factors affecting the incidence of infectious morbidity after radical hysterectomy. 
  • Factors associated with infection following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. 
  • Factors associated with invasive lung aspergillosis and the significance of positive Aspergillus culture after liver transplantation. 
  • False-positive Gram-stained smears. 
  • Financial impact of surgical site infection after kidney transplantation: implications for quality improvement initiative design. 
  • Foot and Ankle Surgery: Common Problems and Solutions. 
  • Fournier's gangrene: a complication of penile prosthetic implantation in a renal transplant patient. 
  • Free vascularized fibular graft reconstruction of large skeletal defects after tumor resection. 
  • Gallstone ileus: revisiting surgical outcomes using National Surgical Quality Improvement Program data. 
  • Gentamicin-collagen sponge for infection prophylaxis in colorectal surgery. 
  • Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Colectomy Improves Perioperative Outcomes Without Increasing Operative Time Compared to the Open Approach: a National Analysis of 8791 Patients. 
  • Human cardiac transplantation at the University of Minnesota. 
  • Impact of perioperative allogeneic and autologous blood transfusion on acute wound infection following total knee and total hip arthroplasty. 
  • Impact of surgical site infection and surgical debridement on lumbar arthrodesis: A single-institution analysis of incidence and risk factors. 
  • Improving Outcomes in Colorectal Surgery by Sequential Implementation of Multiple Standardized Care Programs. 
  • In Vivo Efficacy of a "Smart" Antimicrobial Implant Coating. 
  • Incisional Infections after Renal Transplant: Outcome Data From 238 Consecutive Recipients. 
  • Independent Predictors of 30-Day Perioperative Deep Vein Thrombosis in 1346 Consecutive Patients After Spine Surgery. 
  • Infections in patients with cystic fibrosis following lung transplantation. 
  • Infectious complications after small bowel transplantation in adults: an update. 
  • Internal hernia: postoperative complication of roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery. 
  • Intraoperative pelvic brachytherapy for treatment of locally advanced or recurrent colorectal cancer. 
  • Invited commentary. 
  • Knee arthrodesis with circular external fixation. 
  • Letter to the editor regarding: "Effectiveness of local vancomycin powder to decrease surgical site infections: a meta-analysis" by Chiang et al. 
  • Lister's ligatures. 
  • Long-term follow-up of a randomized controlled trial of suture versus mesh repair of incisional hernia. 
  • Long-term reconstructive outcomes after expander-implant breast reconstruction with serious infectious or wound-healing complications. 
  • Long-term sequelae following median sternotomy wound infection and flap reconstruction. 
  • Major infection after pediatric cardiac surgery: a risk estimation model. 
  • Management of abdominal aortic graft complications. 
  • Management of postneurosurgical bone flap loss caused by infection. 
  • Management practices and major infections after cardiac surgery. 
  • Maternal near miss and mortality due to postpartum infection: a cross-sectional analysis from Rwanda. 
  • Mechanical bowel preps improve surgical outcomes in colorectal surgery. 
  • Mitigation and education. 
  • Mitigation and education. 
  • Morbidity and mortality in the surgical treatment of 10,242 adults with spondylolisthesis. 
  • Morbidity and mortality in the surgical treatment of six hundred five pediatric patients with isthmic or dysplastic spondylolisthesis. 
  • Multiple nosocomial infections. An incidence study. 
  • Multiple-day drainage when using bone morphogenic protein for long-segment thoracolumbar fusions is associated with low rates of wound complications. 
  • Mycoplasma hominis pneumonia complicating bilateral lung transplantation: case report and review of the literature. 
  • Necrotizing fasciitis of the shoulder following routine rotator cuff repair. A case report. 
  • Negative pressure wound therapy reduces incidence of postoperative wound infection and dehiscence after long-segment thoracolumbar spinal fusion: a single institutional experience. 
  • Nonreamed locking intramedullary nailing for open fractures of the tibia. 
  • Nosocomial endophthalmitis survey. Current incidence of infection after intraocular surgery. 
  • Novel Use of Active Leptospermum Honey for Ringed Fixator Pin Site Care in Diabetic Charcot Deformity Patients. 
  • Nurse-Initiated Telephone Follow Up after Ureteroscopic Stone Surgery. 
  • Obesity is a predictor of morbidity in 1,629 patients who underwent adrenalectomy. 
  • Obesity, surgical site infection, and outcome following renal transplantation. 
  • Obstetric Surgical Site Infections: 2 Grams Compared With 3 Grams of Cefazolin in Morbidly Obese Women. 
  • Optimal surgical care for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: an international consensus. 
  • Optimizing Successful Outcomes in Complex Spine Reconstruction Using Local Muscle Flaps. 
  • Outpatient meniscectomy of the knee. 
  • Patient Body Mass Index is an Independent Predictor of 30-Day Hospital Readmission After Elective Spine Surgery. 
  • Pediatric spinal deformities. 
  • Pelvic exenteration for the treatment of locally advanced colorectal and bladder malignancies in the modern era. 
  • Perioperative complications influence recurrence and survival after resection of hepatic colorectal metastases. 
  • Perioperative methylprednisolone and outcome in neonates undergoing heart surgery. 
  • Poor functional status as a risk factor for surgical site infection due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. 
  • Poor functional status is an independent predictor of surgical site infections due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in older adults. 
  • 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. 
  • Post-surgical infections and perioperative antibiotics usage in pediatric genitourinary procedures. 
  • Postoperative infection in cochlear implant patients. 
  • Postoperative infection in spine surgery: does the month matter? 
  • Postoperative surgical site infections in patients undergoing spinal tumor surgery: incidence and risk factors. 
  • Preoperative predictors for complications after pancreaticoduodenectomy: impact of BMI and body fat distribution. 
  • Preoperative β-blocker use in coronary artery bypass grafting surgery: national database analysis. 
  • Presence of gingivitis and periodontitis significantly increases hospital charges in patients undergoing heart valve surgery. 
  • Prevention and management of intrathecal drug delivery and spinal cord stimulation system infections. 
  • Prevention of late PJI. 
  • Prevention of superficial wound separation with subcutaneous retention sutures. 
  • Prevention of surgical site infection: beyond SCIP. 
  • Prevention of surgical-site infections. 
  • Principles of Anti-infective Dosing in Pregnancy. 
  • Prophylactic use of intraoperative vancomycin powder and postoperative infection: an analysis of microbiological patterns in 1200 consecutive surgical cases. 
  • Radiological cases of the month. Expansile bone cyst in osteogenesis imperfecta. 
  • Randomized Controlled Trial of Octyl Cyanoacrylate Skin Adhesive versus Subcuticular Suture for Skin Closure after Implantable Venous Port Placement. 
  • Rates of infection after spine surgery based on 108,419 procedures: a report from the Scoliosis Research Society Morbidity and Mortality Committee. 
  • Red eye after strabismus surgery: community-acquired MRSA periocular infection. 
  • Reduced CSF leak in complete calvarial reconstructions of microvascular decompression craniectomies using calcium phosphate cement. 
  • Reduction in wound morbidity rates following endoscopic saphenous vein harvest. 
  • Reduction of exit-site infections of tunnelled intravascular catheters among neutropenic patients by sustained-release chlorhexidine dressings: results from a prospective randomized controlled trial. 
  • Relationship between race and mortality and morbidity after valve replacement surgery. 
  • Relative risks of ventriculostomy infection and morbidity. 
  • Repair of large complex recurrent incisional hernias with retromuscular mesh and panniculectomy. 
  • Residual bacterial contamination after surgical preparation of the foot or ankle with or without alcohol. 
  • Results of the modified bi-pectoral muscle flap procedure for post-sternotomy deep wound infection. 
  • Risk factors for 1-year mortality after postoperative mediastinitis. 
  • Risk factors for gram-negative bacterial surgical site infection: do allergies to antibiotics increase risk? 
  • Risk factors for infection after orthopaedic spine surgery at a high-volume institution. 
  • Risk factors for post-operative wound infection in the setting of chorioamnionitis and cesarean delivery. 
  • Risk factors for postoperative mediastinitis due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. 
  • Risk factors for postoperative spinal wound infections after spinal decompression and fusion surgeries. 
  • Risk factors for sternal wound and other infections in pediatric cardiac surgery patients. 
  • Risk factors for surgical site infection complicating laminectomy. 
  • Risk factors for surgical site infections after breast surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 
  • Risk factors for surgical site infections in older people. 
  • Risk prediction for Staphylococcus aureus surgical site infection following cardiothoracic surgery; A secondary analysis of the V710-P003 trial. 
  • Rotational muscle flap closure for acute groin wound infections following vascular surgery. 
  • Sacral osteomyelitis: an unusual complication of abdominal sacral colpopexy. 
  • 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. 
  • Seasonal Variation of Common Surgical Site Infections: Does Season Matter? 
  • Severe surgical site infection in community hospitals: epidemiology, key procedures, and the changing prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. 
  • Short Operative Duration and Surgical Site Infection Risk in Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Procedures. 
  • Silver-Impregnated Dressing Does Not Decrease Incidence of Surgical Site Infection After Adult Cardiac Surgery. 
  • Sonographic appearance of oxidized cellulose (Surgicel): pitfall in the diagnosis of postoperative abscess. 
  • Staphylococcal surgical site infections. 
  • Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in the surgical patient: a prospective analysis of 73 postoperative patients who developed Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia at a tertiary care facility. 
  • Statewide costs of health care-associated infections: estimates for acute care hospitals in North Carolina. 
  • Sternal talon offers a solution for secondary sternum osteosynthesis in patients with nonunion. 
  • Strategies to prevent surgical site infections in acute care hospitals. 
  • Strategies to prevent surgical site infections in acute care hospitals: 2014 update. 
  • Successful management of orbital cellulitis and temporary visual loss after blepharoplasty. 
  • Surgical Site Infections: An Update. 
  • Surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis: is the glass half empty or more than 99% full? 
  • Surgical complications associated with sentinel lymph node biopsy: results from a prospective international cooperative group trial. 
  • Surgical site infection in the elderly following orthopaedic surgery. Risk factors and outcomes. 
  • Surgical site infection in the elderly population. 
  • Surgical site infection rates: open versus hand-assisted colorectal resections. 
  • Surgical site infections after laparoscopic and open cholecystectomies in community hospitals . 
  • Surgical site infections following bariatric surgery in community hospitals: a weighty concern? 
  • Surgical site infections. 
  • Surgical volume and the risk of surgical site infection in community hospitals: size matters. 
  • Surgical-site infection due to Staphylococcus aureus among elderly patients: mortality, duration of hospitalization, and cost. 
  • Surveying the surveillance: surgical site infections excluded by the January 2013 updated surveillance definitions. 
  • T-cell clonal change after allo-kidney transplantation in humans. 
  • The Contemporary Safety and Effectiveness of Lower Extremity Bypass Surgery and Peripheral Endovascular Interventions in the Treatment of Symptomatic Peripheral Arterial Disease. 
  • The clinical experience with silicone-dacron metacarpophalangeal and interphalangeal joint prostheses. 
  • The deadly toll of invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in community hospitals. 
  • The effect of increasing age on the risk of surgical site infection. 
  • The effect of microbial contamination on musculocutaneous and random flaps. 
  • The effect of povidone-iodine solutions used as surgical preparations on the bacterial flora of the skin. 
  • The effect of surgical site infection on older operative patients. 
  • The evaluation of the implementation of the vascular preventative bundle and development of suggested interventions for improvement and sustainability. 
  • The evolving landscape of healthcare-associated infections: recent advances in prevention and a road map for research. 
  • The fibula-flexor hallucis longus osteomuscular flap. 
  • The impact of depth of infection and postdischarge surveillance on rate of surgical-site infections in a network of community hospitals. 
  • 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. 
  • The impact of surgical-site infections in the 1990s: attributable mortality, excess length of hospitalization, and extra costs. 
  • The preventive surgical site infection bundle in colorectal surgery: an effective approach to surgical site infection reduction and health care cost savings. 
  • The surgical care improvement project and prevention of post-operative infection, including surgical site infection. 
  • Thickness of subcutaneous fat as a risk factor for infection in cervical spine fusion surgery. 
  • Timing of definitive fixation of severe tibial plateau fractures with compartment syndrome does not have an effect on the rate of infection. 
  • Trabeculectomy with mitomycin-C in pediatric glaucomas. 
  • Treatment of established prosthetic vascular graft infection with antibiotics preferentially concentrated in leukocytes. 
  • Treatment of meningomyelocele in indigent and nonindigent patients. 
  • Two-year outcomes in primary THA in obese male veterans administration medical center patients. 
  • Umbilical Negative Pressure Dressing for Transumbilical Appendectomy in Childern. 
  • Use of both internal thoracic arteries in diabetic patients increases deep sternal wound infection. 
  • Vagal nerve stimulator infection: a lead-salvage protocol. 
  • Validated prediction model for severe groin wound infection after lower extremity revascularization procedures. 
  • Validating a 3-point prediction rule for surgical site infection after coronary artery bypass surgery. 
  • Variation in the type and frequency of postoperative invasive Staphylococcus aureus infections according to type of surgical procedure. 
  • Which Comorbid Conditions Should We Be Analyzing as Risk Factors for Healthcare-Associated Infections? 
  • Which Complications Matter Most? Prioritizing Quality Improvement in Emergency General Surgery. 
  • Wound classification reporting in HPB surgery: can a single word change public perception of institutional performance? 
  • Wound infection after cholecystectomy. Correlation between bacteria in bile and wound infection after operation on the gallbladder for acute and chronic gallstone disease. 
  • [Plastic surgery coverage of osteocutaneous defects of the sternum area with the vertical and transversal rectus abdominis muscle (VRAM/TRAM) flap]. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Alexander, John Hunter Peel, Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Cardiology
  • Berchuck, Andrew, James M. Ingram Professor of Gynecologic Oncology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gynecologic Oncology
  • Cunningham, Coleen Kathryn, Professor of Pediatrics, Pathology
  • Gottfried, Oren N, Professor of Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery
  • Reed, Shelby Derene, Professor in Population Health Sciences, Duke Science & Society
  • Sampson, John Howard, Robert H., M.D. and Gloria Wilkins Professor of Neurosurgery, in the School of Medicine, Immunology