Annals of surgery
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The objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of strategies intended to prevent surgical site infection (SSI) after lower limb revascularization surgery. ⋯ Preincision antibiotics and iNPWT reduce the risk of early SSI after lower limb revascularization surgery. Confirmatory trials are required to determine whether other promising strategies also reduce SSI risk.
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To provide an informed understanding of existing energy-based surgical cutting technologies and aerosol-generating surgical procedures. We provide a perspective on the future innovation and research potential in this space for the benefit of surgeons, physicians, engineers, and researchers alike. ⋯ Smoke evacuation technology may provide diagnostic information regarding tissue pathology, which could eliminate health concerns and revolutionize surgical accuracy. However, further research into surgical smoke is required to quantify the measurable risk to health it poses, the cutting conditions, under which it is generated and to develop advanced diagnostic approaches using this information.