A retrospective cohort study of 577 colon cancer surgeries found a 0.69 percent surgical site infection rate following ...

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If you have any injury with open skin, you need to take care of it to avoid infection. Keeping a wound clean, washing your hands before touching it, and following any instructions from your doctor ...

A 61-year-old woman presented with a recurrent right groin abscess. Two years earlier, she had presented to the emergency department with proximal right thigh pain and swelling of one week’s duration.

Hidradenitis suppurativa can cause slow-healing wounds. Learn how to promote healing and prevent infection. Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic skin condition that causes abscesses where your ...

Wound dehiscence occurs when a surgical incision reopens either internally or externally. It’s also known simply as dehiscence. Although this complication can occur after any surgery, it tends to ...

An open wound is any internal or external injury that exposes internal tissue to the external environment. People can sometimes treat acute open wounds at home with medications and natural remedies.

Tunnels underneath the skin’s surface mean yourwound isn’t healing well. Tissue is being damaged, and without the right care, even more serious complications can occur. An open wound is an unsettling ...

Hand infections can result in significant morbidity if not appropriately diagnosed and treated. Host factors, location, and circumstances of the infection are important guides to initial treatment ...