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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The incidence of SSIs was similar between patients given vancomycin or placebo in addition to standard surgical ...

Delivering microdose incision-site injections of clindamycin significantly reduced the rate of surgical site infections (SSIs) in skin cancer surgery. However, prophylaxis with flucloxacillin did not ...

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 ...

Adding vancomycin to beta-lactam prophylaxis with cefazolin did not help prevent surgical-site infections in patients undergoing arthroplasty mostly for the knees or hips, a randomized trial showed.

A new study found substantial variability in the use and appropriateness of surgical antibiotic prophylaxis for commonly performed operations at children's hospitals in the United States. A new study ...

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 ...