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Surgical Infections

Surgical infection from wound to systemic sepsis: the risk factors and sources, the grading systems used to score wound infection, and the management of abscess, cellulitis and lymphangitis.

What this lecture covers

  • Wound infection and its risk factors
  • Factors determining microorganism growth
  • Classification of sources of infection
  • Major and minor wound infections
  • The Southampton wound grading system
  • The ASEPSIS wound score
  • Abscess: course and treatment
  • Cellulitis, lymphangitis and systemic sepsis
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