Wound healing after implant surgery in HIV-positive patients.
We performed a prospective, blind, controlled study on wound infection after implant surgery involving 41 procedures in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and 141 in HIV-negative patients. The patients were staged clinically and the CD4 cell count determined. Wound infecti...
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| description | We performed a prospective, blind, controlled study on wound infection after implant surgery involving 41 procedures in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and 141 in HIV-negative patients. The patients were staged clinically and the CD4 cell count determined. Wound infection was assessed using the asepsis wound score. A risk category was allocated to account for presurgical contamination. In HIV-positive patients, with no preoperative contamination, the incidence of wound infection (3.5%) was comparable with that of the HIV-negative group (5%; p = 0.396). The CD4 cell count did not affect the incidence of infection (r = 0.16). When there was preoperative contamination, the incidence of infection in HIV-positive patients increased markedly (42%) compared with that in HIV-negative patients (11%; p = 0.084). Our results show that when no contamination has occurred implant surgery may be undertaken safely in HIV-positive patients. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:4e7c8074-768f-4a55-9f30-7f12420849142022-03-26T16:01:24ZWound healing after implant surgery in HIV-positive patients.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:4e7c8074-768f-4a55-9f30-7f1242084914EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2002Harrison, WLewis, CLavy, CWe performed a prospective, blind, controlled study on wound infection after implant surgery involving 41 procedures in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and 141 in HIV-negative patients. The patients were staged clinically and the CD4 cell count determined. Wound infection was assessed using the asepsis wound score. A risk category was allocated to account for presurgical contamination. In HIV-positive patients, with no preoperative contamination, the incidence of wound infection (3.5%) was comparable with that of the HIV-negative group (5%; p = 0.396). The CD4 cell count did not affect the incidence of infection (r = 0.16). When there was preoperative contamination, the incidence of infection in HIV-positive patients increased markedly (42%) compared with that in HIV-negative patients (11%; p = 0.084). Our results show that when no contamination has occurred implant surgery may be undertaken safely in HIV-positive patients. |
| spellingShingle | Harrison, W Lewis, C Lavy, C Wound healing after implant surgery in HIV-positive patients. |
| title | Wound healing after implant surgery in HIV-positive patients. |
| title_full | Wound healing after implant surgery in HIV-positive patients. |
| title_fullStr | Wound healing after implant surgery in HIV-positive patients. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Wound healing after implant surgery in HIV-positive patients. |
| title_short | Wound healing after implant surgery in HIV-positive patients. |
| title_sort | wound healing after implant surgery in hiv positive patients |
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