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Original lecture slide 43, Infection and wound complications, with a skin to hardware panel and the before, intraoperative, after, if infection, decision sequence

INFECTION & WOUND COMPLICATIONS

  • The commonest serious hardware-related problem in many series
  • SKIN → HARDWARE
  • PREVENTION & EARLY RECOGNITION
  • BEFORE — Optimize skin condition, infection risk, diabetes and systemic factors.
  • INTRAOPERATIVE — Atraumatic tissue handling, sterile workflow, minimize unnecessary exposure time.
  • AFTER — Watch wound, scalp, connector and IPG pocket.
  • IF INFECTION — Differentiate superficial wound issue from deep hardware infection.
  • DECISION — Antibiotics alone vs debridement/salvage vs explantation depends on depth, organism, hardware involvement and clinical context.
  • Meta-analysis signal: infection ~4.2% per patient in a large PD literature review; definitions and eras differ.
  • Dr Vikas Kathuria | MCh Neurosurgery

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AssociationModule 09 · Slide 43