A Chlorhexidine Solution Reduces Aerobic Organism Growth in Operative Splash Basins in a Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background: Despite recommendations against the use of splash basins, due to the potential of bacterial contamination, our observation has been that they continue to be used in operating theaters. In hopes of decontaminating the splash basin, we sought to determine if the addition of chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) would eliminate aerobic bacterial growth within the splash basin.

Methods: After Institutional Review Board approval, we began enrollment in a randomized controlled trial comparing 2 splash basin solutions.

Mouse model of post-arthroplasty Staphylococcus epidermidis joint infection.

Animal models are invaluable tools for translational research, allowing investigators to recapitulate observed clinical scenarios within the laboratory that share attributes with human disease. Here, we describe a mouse model of post-arthroplasty Staphylococcus epidermidis joint infection which mimics human disease and may be utilized to explore the complex series of events during staphylococcal implant-associated infections by identifying key immunological, bacterial, and/or therapeutic mechanisms relevant to these persistent infections.

Scleral buckle removal in the vitrectomy era: a 20-year clinical experience.

Purpose: To describe the effect of scleral buckle (SB) removal on preoperative symptoms and signs prompting removal and to assess the risk of recurrent retinal detachment (RD) after SB removal.

Methods: A retrospective study of 36 patients who underwent SB removal between August 1988 and December 2007 was performed. Indications for SB removal, presence or absence of pain or diplopia, and recurrence of RD were recorded.

Risk factors for scleral buckle removal: a matched, case-control study.

Purpose: To identify preoperative, perioperative, and postoperative risk factors for scleral buckle (SB) removal.

Design: Retrospective, consecutive, matched, case-control study.

Methods: Cases included all patients undergoing SB removal between August 1988 and December 2007 at a single academic center.

Risk factors for scleral buckle removal: a matched, case-control study.

Purpose: To identify preoperative, perioperative, and postoperative risk factors for scleral buckle (SB) removal.

Methods: A retrospective, consecutive, matched, case-control study. Cases included all patients undergoing SB removal between 1988 and 2007 at a single academic center.