Genetic analysis of the bacteria causing surgical site infections revealed that many were already present on the patient's skin. Ruben Bonilla Gonzalo/Moment via Getty Images Our newly published ...

Q: How can I tell if hip or knee post-surgical site redness is infectious? A: Post-acute care for hip and knee replacements has changed significantly over the decades. Today, younger patients with ...

Lisa Farris worried that a nasty infection from recent liposuction and a tummy tuck was rapidly getting worse. So she phoned ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Surgical site infections, or SSIs, are among the most prevalent and pesky health care-associated infections.

Did our AI summary help? In the operating theatre, the job seems done once the final stitch is tied. But for many patients, the real test begins afterwards. Surgical wound infections, long regarded as ...

Orthopaedics faculty at LSU Health New Orleans participated in a study comparing two antisepsis aqueous solutions in reducing the risk of infection in patients ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The surgical site infection rate was 10.9% with the wound protector vs. 20.5% with conventional gauze. There was ...

Every year, thousands of knee and hip replacement patients develop debilitating infections after surgery. Researchers at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation are using a grant to try to ...

For years, orthopedic teams have increasingly used single-use, prophylactic negative pressure wound therapy (sNPWT) to reduce these complications. These dressings support healing by applying ...

Smartphone pictures of post-surgical wounds taken by patients and then assessed by clinicians can help with the early identification of infections, a study has found. Smartphone pictures of ...

Equine surgical procedures, particularly those involving abdominal exploration for colic or orthopaedic interventions, are invariably associated with a risk of surgical site infections (SSIs) and ...