If you need to have an operation performed, you hope that once you’re discharged from the hospital, you don’t have to go back. Unfortunately, that’s not the reality for some people who suffer complications or require additional treatment. Recently, researchers took a closer look at what factors drove hospital readmission and total cost after ankle […]
CDC Will Issue New Surgical Site Infection Prevention Guidelines
Although surgery has gotten safer over the last few decades, surgical site infections (SSI) are still higher than those in the medical community would like. In fact, surgical infections have become so problematic that many organizations like the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons and the Infectious Diseases Society of America have issued their own guidelines […]
