[Wound infection following surgical intervention for rheumatism and its relationship to preoperative basic therapy].

Theoretically, slow acting antirheumatic drugs are capable of affecting the body's infection resistance. We have therefore analyzed the records of all 558 RA-patients hospitalized and operated on at our department from 1985-1987 with respect to the incidence of post-surgical wound infections and possible links to previous treatment with slow acting antirheumatic drugs. A total of 2456 operations were performed, or 4.

[Surgical treatment of scapula fracture].

Sixteen patients were hospitalised and treated for scapular fractures at the casualty ward in the surgical department of the Rostock Regional Hospital over a period of ten years. Surgical indications were established for five patients only. The results are described and are discussed with reference to the most recent literature.

[Wound healing following planned aseptic operations in relation to a tent hospital in the tropics].

A prospective study was conducted into wound healing disorders, following 274 operations from the beginning of planned aseptic surgery in "Karl Marx" Hospital of Managua. Wound healing disorders accounted for 4.7 per cent and wound infections for 1.