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  2. Surgical site infection - Wikipedia

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    A surgical site infection (SSI) develop when bacteria infiltrate the body through surgical incisions. [1] These bacteria may come from the patient's own skin , the surgical instruments , or the environment in which the procedure is performed.

  3. Postoperative wounds - Wikipedia

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    The risk of complications after surgery can be reduced by: maintaining blood glucose levels in the normal range and constant evaluation of surgical site infection. [ 2 ] [ 26 ] There is insufficient evidence to show that whether applying cyanoacrylate microbial sealants on the wound site before operation is effective in reducing surgical site ...

  4. Skin and skin structure infection - Wikipedia

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    [4] Complicated SSSIs included "infections either involving deeper soft tissue or requiring significant surgical intervention, such as infected ulcers, burns, and major abscesses or a significant underlying disease state that complicates the response to treatment."

  5. Asepsis - Wikipedia

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    Despite efforts to preserve asepsis during surgery, there still persists a 1-3% chance of a surgical site infection (SSI). [19] Infections are categorized as superficial incisional, deep incisional, or organ; the first type are confined to the skin, the second to muscles and nearby tissues, and the third to organs not anatomically close to the ...

  6. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus - Wikipedia

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    Both surgical and nonsurgical wounds can be infected with HA-MRSA. [1] [5] [22] Surgical site infections occur on the skin surface, but can spread to internal organs and blood to cause sepsis. [1] Transmission can occur between healthcare providers and patients because some providers may neglect to perform preventative hand-washing between ...

  7. Wound - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, the CDC's Surgical Wound Classification System is most commonly used for classification of a wound's sterility, specifically within a surgical setting. According to this classification system, four different classes of wound exist, each with their own postoperative risk of surgical site infection: [2] [23]

  8. Seroma - Wikipedia

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    Large seromas take longer to resolve than small ones, and they are more likely to undergo secondary infection. A seroma may persist for several months, [6] or even years as the surrounding tissue hardens. Seroma is the most common surgical complication after breast surgery.

  9. Septic arthritis - Wikipedia

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    Usual signs and symptoms are fever and joint pain, with redness and warmth over the joint operation site. The mode of infection is during the joint implant surgery. The usual bacteria involved are Staphylococcus aureus and gram negative bacilli. [2] Delayed – infection occurs between 3 and 24 months. There would be persistent joint pain, due ...