Sterile surgical technique for shunt placement reduces the shunt infection rate in children: preliminary analysis of a prospective protocol in 115 consecutive procedures
| Autor: | Chakir Loqa, Nathalie Van Cutsem, Jacques Brotchi, Alphonse Lubansu, Benoît Pirotte, Michael Bruneau |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Neurosurgery |
| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Shunt placement
Male medicine.medical_specialty Prosthesis-Related Infections genetic structures Adolescent Double gloving Shunt infection Asepsis Neurosurgical Procedures Preliminary analysis Prosthesis-Related Infections/prevention & control surgery Medicine Humans Surgical Wound Infection Neurosurgical Procedures/methods Gloves Surgical Prospective Studies Prospective cohort study Child Gloves Surgical/standards Surgical Wound Infection/etiology business.industry Follow up studies Infant Newborn Infant Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts/adverse effects General Medicine Asepsis/methods Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts Surgery Shunt (medical) Child Preschool Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female Neurology (clinical) business Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery. 23(11) |
| ISSN: | 0256-7040 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to evaluate whether the rigid application of a sterile protocol for shunt placement was applicable on a routine basis and allowed the reduction of shunt infections (SI) in children. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Since 2001, a rigid sterile protocol for shunt placement in children using neither antibiotic-impregnated catheters nor laminar airflow was prospectively applied at Erasme Hospital, Brussels, Belgium. For assessing the protocol efficacy before continuation, we preliminarily analyzed the results of the first 100 operated children (43 females, 57 males, 49 aged |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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