This type of infection cannot be eliminated by host defense mechanisms, and needs to be treated by chemical–mechanical procedures. 6 Irrigation by chemical solutions should be aimed to eliminate both ...

In a recent article reviewing different myths and legends in orthopedic surgery, Tejwani and Immerman surveyed members of the Orthopaedic Trauma Association and various community and academic surgeons ...

Between 2004 and 2006, fusarium keratitis developed in hundreds of patients in Hong Kong, Singapore, the United States, and the French West Indies. The infections were traced to a specific ...

The irrigating solutions used for intraocular surgeries such as phacoemulsification are prepared with aseptic manufacturing technique. We report a unique case in which a mass of green fungus was found ...

“The minimum standard of care for irrigation in orthopedic surgical cases includes normal saline, but an increasing amount of literature in recent years has suggested that different solutions or ...