Reduce Risk of Surgical Site Infection by Using Epidural & Spinal Anesthesia
Jul 28, 2010
A recent article in Outpatient Surgery explains the findings of a study published in the latest issue of the journal Anesthesiology. In 3,081 patients in Taiwan who underwent total knee or hip replacement surgeries, the likelihood of developing an SSI 30 days after surgery was 2.2 times greater for those who had general anesthesia than for those who had [...]