http://blog.surgicalproductguide.com A comprehensive guide to surgical products for medical professionals Wed, 05 Jan 2011 20:37:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://blog.surgicalproductguide.com/2008/03/04/high-occurrence-of-infections-after-breast-surgery/ http://blog.surgicalproductguide.com/2008/03/04/high-occurrence-of-infections-after-breast-surgery/#comments Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:28:44 +0000 admin http://www.surgicalproductguide.com/blog/2008/03/04/high-occurrence-of-infections-after-breast-surgery/ A little more than 5% of patients undergoing breast surgery developed infections at the incision site, resulting in more than $4,000 extra hospital-related costs per patient, according to research reported in the January Archives of Surgery. The research headed by Dr. Margaret A. Olsen of the Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis showed that 50 of the 949 women studied, who had undergone mastectomy or breast reconstruction, developed surgical site infections within a year.

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