Surgical smoke creates a hazardous operating room for staff members and patients, as breathing in smoke presents serious health effects. Ninety-five percent water vapor, surgical smoke also contains a ...

Glove perforations occur frequently during surgery. Do they increase the risk for wound infection? The authors used logistic regression to study this question in a series of 4147 Swiss patients. The ...

Smokers who needed a hip or knee replacement experienced better surgical outcomes and fewer adverse events including hospital readmissions, surgical site infections and blood clots if they were ...