Specialty: Surgical Site Infections
After Successfully Lowering SSIs, Now What
Use of a Silver Nylon Dressing Following Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Decreases the Postoperative Infection Rate
Authors: Ashley J. Tisosky MD1, Otatade Iyoha-Bello BSc2, Nicholas Demosthenes BA3, Giovanni Quimbayo MD2, Tara Coreanu BSc4, Ayesha Abdeen MD FRCSC5
Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Residency Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Publication: JAAOS – Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Silver-Based Dressings for the Reduction of Surgical Site Infection: Review of Current Experience and Recommendation for Future Studies
Authors: Elia Charbel Abboud MD, Judson C. Settle MD, Timothy B. Legare MD, Jorge E. Marcet MD, David J. Barillo MD, Jaime E. Sanchez MD
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
Publication: BURNS: The Journal of the International Society of Burn Injuries
Silver Negative Pressure Dressing With Vacuum-assisted Closure of Massive Pelvic and Extremity Wounds
Authors: Herrick J. Siegel MD, Diego F. Herrera MD, Jason Gay CRNFA
University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham, AL, USA
Publication: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
The Use of Silver Nylon in Preventing Surgical Site Infections Following Colon and Rectal Surgery
Authors: Beth Krieger MD, Donald M. Davis MD, Jaime E. Sanchez MD, James J. Mateka, Valentine N. Nfonsam MD, Jared C. Frattini MD, Jorge E. Marcet MD
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
Publication: Diseases of the Colon & Rectum
A Clinical Trial to Investigate the Effect of Silver Dressings on Mediastinitis Rates in Postoperative Cardiac Sternotomy Incisions
Authors: Roger Huckfeldt MD FACS, Clyde Redmond MD, Debbie Mikkelson BSM, Phillip J. Finley MS, Cindy Lowe BS CCRP, Jennifer Robertson RN
St John’s Regional Health Center, Springfield, MO, USA
Publication: Ostomy Wound Management
Do Silver-impregnated Dressings Limit Infections After Lumbar Laminectomy with Instrumented Fusion?
Author: Nancy E. Epstein MD
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
Publication: Surgical Neurology