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Thyroidectomy.

Surgical burn wound infections and their clinical implications.

[Lap work].

Adherence to perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis among orthopedic trauma patients.

A simple checklist for preventing major complications associated with cesarean delivery.

Management of the infected or exposed breast prosthesis: a single surgeon's 15-year experience with 69 patients.

CD4 count is predictive of outcome in HIV-positive patients undergoing abdominal operations.

Successful management of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus orbital cellulitis after blepharoplasty.

Intraoperative bacterial translocation detected by bacterium-specific ribosomal rna-targeted reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction for the mesenteric lymph node strongly predicts postoperative infectious complications after major hepatectomy for biliary malignancies.

Has the time come for plastic surgeons to move from povidone-iodine to chlorhexidine?

Preoperative bowel preparation for patients undergoing elective colorectal surgery: a clinical practice guideline endorsed by the Canadian Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons.

Timing of definitive fixation of severe tibial plateau fractures with compartment syndrome does not have an effect on the rate of infection.

Myocapsular pectoralis major flap for pharyngeal reconstruction after cervical necrotizing fasciitis.

Is routine use of a face mask necessary in the operating room?

Balancing the risk of postoperative surgical infections: a multivariate analysis of factors associated with laparoscopic appendectomy from the NSQIP database.

Laparoscopic appendectomy: trading superficial infections for intraabdominal infections?

Treating sternal wound infections after cardiac surgery with an implantable gentamicin-collagen sponge.

[The oral cavity: what shall we look for--and what can we do?].

Usefulness and safety of open tracheostomy by a paramedian approach for cervical infection: esophageal and tracheal injury and necrotizing fascitis.

A prospective trial on the use of antibiotics in hand surgery.