Surgical confidence in every case
Patients with comorbidities face longer recoveries, higher readmission rates, and a greater risk of post-op complications.1-10
In fact, the mean hospital cost is 119% higher for patients who experience complications versus those who don’t.11
Surgical uses by specialty
Foot and Ankle Surgery
- Limb salvage & chronic wound care
- Tunneling/undermining wounds
- Amputation wounds
- Tendon and ligament repairs
- Nerve wraps (e.g. tarsal tunnel release)
- Arthroplasty/Coalition
- Charcot
- Bunion repair
- Fibroma Excision
- Plantar Fasciitis
for OBGYN
• Orthopedic & Sports Medicine
- Total joint replacements and arthrofibroses
- Exposed hardware and removal of hardware
- Tendon and ligament repairs
- Nerve transpositions and decompressions
- Interpositional grafts
- Discectomies
- Dural repairs
- Rotator cuff repair
- ACL reconstruction
for orthopaedics
General & Acute Care Surgery
- Pilonidal cyst removal
- Hidradenitis suppurativa excision
- Abdominal procedures (e.g. open abdomens, panniculectomies)
- Colon anastomoses
- Rectovaginal, enterocutaneous and perianal fistulas
for cardiothoracic surgery
Vascular
- Fasciotomy
- Venous leg ulcers (VLUs)
for vascular surgery
Plastic & Soft Tissue Reconstructive Surgery
- Flap reconstructions o Split- and full-thickness grafts
- Abdominal reconstruction
- Burns and radiation wounds
- Complex ventral hernia repairs
- Breast reconstructions
- Head & scalp wounds
for breast/plastic surgery
Urology & Gynecology
- Prostatectomy
- Cystectomy
- Pyeloplasty
for abdominal surgery
Ear, Nose, & Throat
- Oral cutaneous and pharyngocutaneous fistulae
- Intranasal and septal repairs
- Free flaps of the face and scalp
- Parotidectomy
- Tonsilectomies
for abdominal surgery
Neurosurgery and Spine
for abdominal surgery
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- Rasouli MR, Restrepo C, Maltenfort MG, et al. Risk factors for surgical site infection following total joint arthroplasty. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2014; 96(18): e158.
- Breyer BN, McAninch JW, Whitson JM, et al. Multivariate analysis of risk factors for long-term urethroplasty outcome. J Urol. 2010; 183(2): 613-7.
- Sayles M, Grant DG. Preventing pharyngo-cutaneous fistula in total laryngectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Laryngoscope. 2014; 124(5): 1150-63.
- Korol E, Johnston K, Waser N, et al. A systematic review of risk factors associated with surgical site infections among surgical patients. PLoS One. 2013; 8(12): e83743.
- Pinkney TD, Calvert M, Bartlett DC, et al. Impact of wound edge protection devices on surgical site infection after laparotomy: multicentre randomised controlled trial (ROSSINI Trial). BMJ. 2013; 347: f4305.
- Healy MA, Mullard AJ, Campbell DA Jr, Dimick JB. Hospital and Payer Costs Associated With Surgical Complications. JAMA Surg. 2016;151(9):823-830. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2016.0773
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