A Professor of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Mike Ogirima, has cautioned Nigerians against applying antibiotic powder on fresh wounds, noting that the ...

vancomycin powder and betadine wash plus vancomycin powder had no differences in wound complication, superficial infection and deep periprosthetic joint infection rates after total joint replacement.

Topical vancomycin powder failed to reduce periprosthetic joint ... Overall complication data including wound and nonwound complications were available for six studies and showed no difference ...

"Vancomycin powder has shown sometimes an increased rate of wound complications, especially in total knee arthroplasty, though this may be related to the technique used and the joint involved." ...

(HealthDay)—For patients undergoing spinal procedures, the local application of vancomycin powder in surgical wounds does not significantly reduce the incidence of infection, according to a ...

SAN DIEGO — The prophylactic use of negative pressure wound therapy did not mitigate the risk for wound complications in patients undergoing direct anterior total hip arthroplasty, according to ...

VRE is a "hard-to-kill" bacteria due to its increasing antibiotic resistance and can cause serious infections, including urinary tract, bloodstream, and wound infections associated with catheters ...

VRE is a ‘hard-to-kill’ bacteria due to its increasing antibiotic resistance and can cause serious infections, including urinary tract, bloodstream, and wound infections associated with ...