RESUMO
Every surgeon should have a thorough knowledge and awareness of the general principles of postoperative infections. The key to postoperative infections is in their prevention. Even with the most prudent and ardent regimens, however, postoperative wound infections will occasionally occur. Thus, the aforementioned knowledge will allow an improved clinical acumen and permit the early diagnosis of postoperative infection. Early and vigorous local wound care combined with systemic antibiotics are necessary to minimize the potentially debilitating sequelae of the postoperative wound infection.
Assuntos
Infecções Bacterianas/prevenção & controle , Complicações Pós-Operatórias/prevenção & controle , Anti-Infecciosos , Infecções Bacterianas/diagnóstico , Infecções Bacterianas/epidemiologia , Desinfecção das Mãos , Humanos , Incidência , Ortopedia , Complicações Pós-Operatórias/diagnóstico , Complicações Pós-Operatórias/epidemiologiaRESUMO
A review of the current medical literature concerning the use of various vasoconstrictive agents with local anesthetics is presented. These agents are employed in podiatry primarily for the purpose of prolonging the duration of anesthesia and surgical hemostasis. Epinephrine, phenylephrine, levonordefrin, felypressin, and norepinephrine have all been utilized in conjunction with the local anesthetics by the various medical professions. Although controversy surrounds the use of these agents, this article should assist the podiatric physician in making an informed decision.
