Prospective analysis of postoperative wound infections using an early exposure method of wound care

Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 286-291

  Sticha, Russell S ^a   Swiriduk, Daniel ^a   Wertheimer, Stuart J ^a,b  

^a St John Providence Hospital   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Dressings; Infection; Wound management

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BATH; CELLULITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOT SURGERY; HUMAN; LYMPHANGITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN INCISION; TECHNIQUE; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0031876189     PISSN: 10672516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1067-2516(98)80064-1     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. Dunphy, J. E. Shattuck lecture. The fibroblast - a ubiqitous ally for the surgeon. N. Engl. J. Med., 268:1367-1375, 1963.
2. Dunphy, J. E. Jackson, D. S. Practical applications of experimental studies in the management of the primarily closed wound. Am. J. Surg. 104:273-282, 1962.
3. Gamgee, J. S. Absorbent and medicated surgical dressings. Lancet 1:127-129, 1880.
4. Harkins, H. N. Wound healing. In Surgery - Principles and Practice, 3rd ed , p. 25, J.B. Lippincott, Philadelphia, 1965.
5. MacLaren, I. F. Simplified wound care. J. R. Coll. Surg. Edinb. 9:61-65, 1963.
6. Norton, L. W. Trauma. In Outpatient Surgery, edited by G. J. Hill, W. B Saunders. Philadelphia, pp. 77-83, 1973.
7. Wolcott, M. W. Dressings and bandages. In Wolcott M. W., ed: Ferguson's Surgery of the Ambulatory Patient, 5th ed, pp. 35-37, edited by M. W. Wolcott, J B. Lippincott, Philadelphia, 1974.
8. Berkeley, C., Bonney, V. A Textbook of Gynaecological Surgery, 4th ed., p. 25, Paul B. Hoeber, New York, 1943.
9. Kleitsch, W P., Reiser, H. G. The open treatment of surgical wounds. Am. J. Surg. 88:609-612, 1954.
10. Hermann, R. E., Flowers, R. S., Wasylenki, E. W. Early exposure in the management of the postoperative wound. Surg. Gynecol. Obstet. 120:503-506, 1965.
11. Heifetz, C. J., Lawrence, M. S., Richards, F. O. Comparison of wound healing with and without dressings. Arch. Surg. 65:746-751, 1952.
12. Heifetz, C. J., Richards, F. O., Lawrencw, M. S. Wound healing without dressings. Arch. Surg. 67:661-669, 1953.
13. Laforet, E. G. Wound dressing or window dressing? Arch. Surg. 109:457, 1974.
14. Mengen, W. F., Hermes, R. L. Simplified gynecological care. Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol. 58:1109-1116, 1949.
15. Palumbo, L. T., Monnig, P. J., Wilkinson, D. E. Healing of clean surgical wounds of thorax and abdomen with or without dressings. JAMA 160:553-555, 1956.
16. Weiss, Y. Simplified management of operative wounds by early exposure. Int. Surg. 68:237-240, 1983.
17. Cruse, P. J., Foord, R. The epidemiology of wound infection. Surg. Clin. North Am. 60:27-40, 1980.
18. Altemeier, W. A., Culbertson, W. R., Hummel, R. P. Surgical considerations of endogenous infections - sources, types and methods of control. Surg. Clin. North Am. 48:227-240, 1968.
19. Bruun, J. N. Postoperative wound infection. Acta Med. Scand. Suppl. 139:514, 1970.
20. Chrintz, H., Vibits, H., Cordtz, T. O., Harreby, J. S., Waaddegaard, P., Larsen, S. O. Need for surgical wound dressing. Br. J. Surg. 76:204-205, 1989.
21. DuMortier, J. J The resistance of healing wounds to infection. Surg. Gynecol. Obstet. 56:762-766, 1933.
22. Schauerhamer, R. A., Edlich, R. F., Panek, P., Thal, J. Studies in the management of the contaminated wound. VII. Susceptibility of surgical wounds to postoperative surface contamination. Am. J. Surg. 122:74-83, 1971.
23. Hunt, T. K. Basic principles of wound healing. J. Trauma 30:122-123, 1990.
24. Wilczynski, R. J. Wound dehiscence, hypertrophic scars, and keloids. Clin. Podiatr. Med. Surg. 8:359-365, 1991.
25. Hanna, J. R., Giacopelli, J. A. A review of wound healing and wound dressing products. J. Foot Ankle Surg. 1:1-14, 1997.
26. LaVan, F. B., Hunt, T. K. Oxygen and wound healing. Clin. Plast. Surg. 17:463-469, 1990.