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Applied Medical is dedicated to providing innovative products that improve patient outcomes and enable the advancement of minimally invasive surgery. As a new generation medical device company, we are equally committed to improving the affordability and accessibility of high-quality healthcare. To further our dedication to improving both hospital and patient outcomes, we are committed to being a part of the overall solution to reduce surgical site infection (SSI). Stopwoundinfection.com is a comprehensive resource for healthcare professionals interested in learning more about the prevention of...

“Programs that reduce the incidence of SSI can substantially decrease morbidity and mortality and reduce the economic burden for patients and hospitals.” 4 Healthcare Impact · SSI has added $3 to $10 billion to the cost of healthcare 5 · 2% to 5% of patients undergoing inpatient surgery will develop an SSI 6 · there were over 290,000 cases of SSI in 2002, which resulted in over 8,000 deaths 7 Patient Impact On average, surgical site infection patients: · spend an additional 7-10 days in the hospital 6 · are 60% more likely to spend time in ICU 4 · are 5 times more likely to be readmitted to the...

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Product Information Protection • Reduces superficial surgical site infection following colorectal surgeries 1, 2 • 360° of wound protection • Maintains moisture at the incision site 2

Product Information Retraction • 360° of circumferential retraction • Distributes force evenly, eliminating point trauma and associated pain

Product Information Exposure • Maximizes exposure, minimizes incision size • Allows visualization of wound margins • Frees up valuable hands in the Operating Room

SAGES Evidence Rectal Cancer Marc Zerey, Lisa ^^S^ Commit , William Richardson, Robert D. of patients in the open surgery group who received end colostomy. VI. Prevention of Wound COMPLICAT extraction site incisions may reduce Wound implants, or abdominal wall cat laparoscopic approach into question. It is now accepted that port-site recuI inevitable consequence of the laparcf comparing laparoscopic versus opetj tne Ration of port sites andextraction site incisions may reduce abdominal wall cancer recurrences. (++QO, strong)" In a consensus report from the Eur^_ ef al. cc reported cases of port-site...

Clinical Support IS ALEXIS® PART OF YOUR STANDARD OF CARE? BRAND Rate of Superficial Incisional SSI Alexis Wound Protector/Retractor Standard Retractors *RRR (relative risk reduction) was defined as the proportion of the control group (standard retractors) experiencing a given outcome minus the proportion of the treatment group (Alexis protector) experiencing the outcome, divided by the proportion of the control group (standard retractors) experiencing the outcome.

Wound Protectors Reduce Surgical Site Infection A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials kmet P Edwards, MD. MPH. CPH* Adelxn L Ho. MD. MPH.\ May C. Tee. MD, MPH,\Elijah Dixon. MD. MSc.* Objective: A meta-analysLs of randomized clinical trials (RCTs) was con- ducted to evaluate whether wound protectors reduce ihc risk of surgical site infection (SSI) after gastrointestinal and biliary tract surgery. Backgrousd: The effectiveness of impervious wuund edge protectors for reduction of SSI remains unclear. Mcthwk: A systematic review was conducted in Medline, BMBASE, ao** the Cochrane Library...

Journal of Hospta! Infection ox (2012) 1-5 Available online at www.sciencedirocT.com Journal of Hospital infection journal homepage: www.eisevieiheatth-COfT>/journalsrjhin Plastic wound retractors as bacteriological barriers in gastrointestinal surgery: a prospective multi-institutional trial the University College Dublin V LUjSe Of a plastic WOUnd " Deportment of Surgery, it. Vincent's UniYersit] b University College Dublin, Ireland cDepartment of Microbiology. St. Vincent's Univl "Mater Miseracardlae University Hospital. Dublli ' St. Vincent's Private Hospital, Dublin, Ireland I ARTICLE INFO...

ALEXIS O iling wound retractor psconventional wound protection for the prevention of surgical site infections in K. P. Cheng*, A. C. Roslani*. N. SehhafJ. H. Kueh* C. W. Law*, H, Y. Chong* and K. Arumugam$ "Dep*rtmenl of Sorcery. Unnturty of Malaya Medical Centre Kuala Umour. Malaria. tAmbutatory and Wound Care Lfnrt. Urwemty of Malaya Medial Cefwe. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and fftoiutisucs Department Unr/cmy of Malay* Kuala Luinipur. Malaysia Removed 13 September 2011; accepted 5 December 2011; Accepted Article onlm* 23 January 2012 Aim Surgical site infection (SSI) remains a postoperative morbidity,...

ORIGINAL ARTICLE Use of an Upper Midline Incision for Living Donor Partial Hepatectomy: A Series of 143 Consecutive Cases Kwang-Woong lee,'3 Seung Hoon Kim,' Sung-Slk Han,' Young-Kyu Kim,' Seong Veon Cho,' 'Center for Uver Cancer, National Cancer Center. Ifcondong-Gu, Goyang-SI, Gyeongg/-Do, Pepub/fc of Korea, and 2Dsparfmenf of Surgery. Seoul Nof/'ono/ IWi/ersffy Co/tege of Medic/ne, Jongno-Gu, Seou/. Over a period of 2 years, vu» used an upper midline incision (UMI) without laparoscopic assistance In 143 consecutive living donor partial hepatectomy (LDPH) procedures, rega'' body shape. Here...

s,apio Articles for the S(/rg/ca/ /nfecl A Wound Protector Shields Incision Sites from Bacterial Invasion Tetsuya Horiuchi,1 Hiroyuki Tanishima,2 Kouji Tamagawa,2 Satoru Sakaguchi,2 Yoshiharu Shono? Hideaki Tsubakihara,2 Katsuyoshi Tabuse,2 and Yukiyasu Kinoshita3 BacfcjjroHnrf: Superficial surgical site infection (SSI) can be caused by bacterial invasion during surgery. We investigated whether bacteria are found at the wound margin during surgery and whether a wound protector (WP; Alexis® Wound Retractor; Applied Medical, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA) contributes to preventing invasion of the...