A trial supported by Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit explores methods to reduce post-operative surgical site infections.

Postoperative recovery constitutes a key medical period for patients’ rehabilitation process. Problems such as medical ...

A permanent antibacterial coating for surgical sutures, created using atomic layer deposition, fully prevents bacterial ...

A recent review in Cureus outlines surgical cosmetic procedures after weight loss, educating clinicians in counseling ...

“It can quickly lead to a serious infection within six to 12 hours ... hand required hospitalization and some required surgery to clean the wound. In comparison, almost all dog bite ER patients ...

SSIs are among the most prevalent healthcare-associated infections. Debridement surgery, carried out with ... Clean, polluted wound class and surgeries lasting longer than 120 minutes were ...

New Delhi: The Surgical Site Infections (SSIs ... resulting in a 5.2 per cent SSI incidence. Clean, polluted wound class and surgeries lasting longer than 120 minutes were substantially linked ...

Nancy desperately needed a hip replacement, but there was a problem: Her doctor said he wouldn’t perform the procedure unless she quit smoking. Though she was a little taken aback, Nancy buckled ...

Modern cataract surgery is a safe, effective procedure, but it wasn't always this way. The earliest record dates back to the fifth century BC.

Mikaela Shiffrin didn’t have the core strength to even rise out of a chair. It’s been a demanding and difficult road back for ...