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A retrospective study of 380 lumbar fusion patients finds that first-day postoperative inflammatory markers are driven mainly ...

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 ...

Combined immunonutrient formulas were associated with fewer postoperative complications, with the most reproducible signal in reduced surgical site/wound infection rates. Single-component ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A pilonidal sinus is a small tunnel that develops at the top of the crease in the buttocks. Trapped hair around the buttocks crease can lead to an abscess, and a pilonidal sinus may develop as a ...