"The Gordian knot of it he will unloose": Lessons learned from studies of half-hitch surgical knots and implications for practicing surgeons: A systematic review.

Background: Insecure surgical knots can cause surgical complications ranging from wound dehiscence to massive exsanguination and death. Most surgeons tie half-hitch knots, of which some configurations are prone to slippage. We aim to characterize the securities of different half-hitch knot configurations.

Modernizing Surgical Quality: A Novel Approach to Improving Detection of Surgical Site Infections in the Veteran Population.

Surgical site infections (SSIs) are an important quality measure. Identifying SSIs often relies upon a time-intensive manual review of a sample of common surgical cases. In this study, we sought to develop a predictive model for SSI identification using antibiotic pharmacy data extracted from the electronic medical record (EMR).

Anorectal anomaly: a review of 82 cases seen at JUTH, Nigeria.

Background: The management of anorectal anomaly remains a challenge to Surgeons. This study was carried out to determine the pattern and outcome of management of anorectal malformations (ARM) in a Nigerian tertiary hospital.

Patients And Methods: The clinical and operative records of consecutive children with anorectal anomaly managed between October 1990 and September 2000 at the Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, were reviewed.

Acquired rectal fistula in human immunodeficiency virus-positive children: a causal or casual relationship?

Acquired rectal fistula in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive children is a new and worrisome entity. The aim of this paper is to highlight the relationship between HIV infection and acquired rectal fistula (RF) in children in order to create awareness among clinicians who attend to children. Over a 1-year period, 11 girls aged 4 weeks-11 months (median 5 months) with acquired RF were managed at our institution.

Open versus closed haemorrhoidectomy.

Objective: To compare post operative complications, rates of wound healing, and cost effectiveness between the closed and open methods of haemorrhoidectomy.

Design: Prospective.

Setting: Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH), Jos and Evangel Hospital, Jos.