The applications of hydrogels have expanded significantly due to their versatile, highly
tunable properties and breakthroughs in biomaterial technologies. In this review, we cover …

Introduction: Surgical site infections have accompanied humanity since the dawn of time.
Development of medicine has reduced their percentage, but still they are a huge problem to …

Background Whether surgical repair of an acute Achilles' tendon rupture by an open-repair
or minimally invasive approach is associated with better outcomes than nonsurgical …

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Aim To discuss specialist operating theatre nurses' competence in relation to the general six
core competencies and patient safety. Design A discursive analysis of legal statutes and …

Background Surgical outcomes in geriatric patients may be complicated by factors such as
multiple comorbidities, low functional performance, frailty, reduced homeostatic capacity …

Objective: There is uncertainty around preoperative skin antisepsis in clean surgery.
Network meta-analysis provides more precise estimates than standard pairwise meta …

Wounds are a consequence of disruption in the structure, integrity, or function of the skin or
tissue. Once a wound is formed following mechanical or chemical damage, the process of …

Obesity is a major determinant of health outcomes and is on the increase in women world-
wide. It predisposes to surgical site infection (SSI). Risk factors for the SSI include extremes …

Surgical site infections are the most common in-hospital acquired infections. The aim of this
study and the primary endpoint is to evaluate how the measures to reduce the SARS-CoV-2 …