Post-Operative Care

Surgical site infections (SSIs) are wound infections that occur after invasive surgical procedures. Depending on the location of the wound and the level of post-operative care that the patient receive...

By Thomas E. Serena, MD, FACS Conceived in the operating theater and born in the home, surgical site infections (SSIs) reach maturity in the outpatient wound clinic. The woundologist, whether surgi...

By the WoundSource Editors The number of surgical procedures performed in the United States has been increasing annually by as much as 300% over a 10-year period. Although technological advances in...

By Holly Hovan MSN, APRN, CWOCN-AP When marking a patient for a stoma, it is important to consider the practice based on evidence acquired by the wound, ostomy and continence (WOC) nurse during tra...

By Cathy Wogamon, DNP, MSN, FNP-BC, CWON, CFCN A pilonidal cyst is a pocket located at the top of the cleft of the buttocks that usually results from an embedded or stiff hair. This area may remain...