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Surgical site infections (SSI)
A surgical site infection is defined as infection following an operation at an incision…
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Surgical incisions
McBurneys incision is the most commonly used incision for appendicectomy. The incision is at…
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Surgery
2328 An invasive therapeutic surgical procedure involves incision, excision, manipulation, or suturing of tissue…
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Surgeon volume
For major surgical cardiovascular procedures surgeon volume is a stronger predictor of operative mortality…
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Surfactant
Produced by type II pneumocytes of the alveoli, and are contained in the osmiophilic…
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