Despite many advances in recent years, prevention of surgical-site infection (SSI) remains a major challenge. Perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis is a key factor in preventing SSI; however, many ...

Team of doctors and nurses wear masks and gloves and prepare for surgery. Study authors sought to determine whether surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis administration following cord clamping led to an ...

Are we overlooking a critical factor in surgical site infections (SSIs)? In the quest for sterile operating rooms and antibiotic prophylaxis, a groundbreaking study suggests we've missed a vital piece ...

All patients who underwent major operative procedures, except those with suspected allergies to chemotherapeutic agents were considered eligible for the study. A numbered vial containing 15 ml. of a ...

Endophthalmitis is among the most devastating complications associated with cataract surgery, often resulting in loss of vision or loss of the eye itself. Significant recent research has been devoted ...

Endophthalmitis is a rare but devastating complication of cataract surgery that can lead to complete loss of vision. Care must be taken to address all risk factors for endophthalmitis in the ...

A review of controlled clinical trials of antibiotic prophylaxis in orthopedic surgery is presented. Two well-designed and well-conducted studies support the efficacy of prophylactic antibiotics for ...

Filamentous fungal infections are increasing in hematology patients, 1 due in largely to the use of more aggressive chemotherapy regimens, with longer periods of severe neutropenia, and the ...

The risk reductions suggested by studies examining the value of prophylactic surgery for the prevention of breast and ovarian cancer in high-risk women may be over- or underestimated because of ...

Hawn and colleagues contributed to the existing data in this field by undertaking a retrospective cohort study of prophylactic antibiotic timing for orthopedic, colorectal, vascular, and gynecologic ...