A rare but horrific kind of infection might be on the rise. Gynecologists in the UK have begun to see an alarming increase in people with necrotizing fasciitis of the vulva, a.k.a. the “flesh-eating” ...

Doctors in the U.K. have warned gynecologists of the risks of necrotizing fasciitis in the external genitalia after seeing several cases.

The result has been near disappearance of surgical-wound infection as a problem in this hospital. Most surgeons 6,7 will agree that 7 infections in 1740 wounds (0.4 per cent) is creditably low ...

Most SSIs are believed to be acquired during a surgical procedure from the ... theater versus during postoperative wound care or secondary infection, and the proportion of endogenous versus ...

The most common include wound infections after surgery, urinary tract infections and pneumonia. These can have a big impact ...

Although there is wide variation in the cause, location, and characteristics of chronic wounds, collectively, chronic wounds ...

A new study published in the Journal of American Medical Association found a decreased incidence of surgical site infections being linked to wound closure with sutures containing ...

The most common surgical complications in obese patients with epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) include wound infection, ...