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ArticleInternational wound journal2020

Neurosurgical Post-Operative Wound Infections: A retrospective study on surgical site infections for quality improvement.

Brian Fiani, Alessandra Cathel, Kasra J Sarhadi, Jordan Cohen, Javed Siddiqi

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Article in International wound journal, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Brian FianiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Desert Regional Medical Center, Palm Springs, California, USA.
Alessandra CathelDepartment of Neurosurgery, Desert Regional Medical Center, Palm Springs, California, USA.
Kasra J SarhadiMiller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA.
Jordan CohenMiller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA.
Javed SiddiqiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Desert Regional Medical Center, Palm Springs, California, USA.
Desert Regional Medical Center · USUniversity of Miami · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite efforts to maintain a meticulous aseptic environment, wound infection is one of the most common complications following surgery and may be related to dehiscence, haemorrhage, infection, and/or poor surgical technique. With the appearance of new wound closure techniques and suture materials, we felt compelled to perform a retrospective study on our institution's neurosurgical population to determine how our institution compared to others in terms of incidence of surgical site infection (SSI). A retrospective analysis was performed at our single institution for all patients that had cranial or spine surgery by a neurosurgeon for the past 15 years. The data were extracted via Crimson Continuum of Care software program and analysed using χ

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Practice Guidelines as TopicAdultAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeurosurgical ProceduresQuality ImprovementRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsSurgical Wound InfectionYoung Adultneurosurgerypost-operative complicationssurgical site infectionswound infection

Identifiers

PMID32315121
PMCPMC7948741
OpenAlexW3016270806

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