The prevention and management of infection in emergency general surgery
（trunk trauma, burns, skin and soft tissue infection）
2023 Volume 20 Issue 2 Pages 133-139
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2023 Volume 20 Issue 2 Pages 133-139
The scope of this manual includes trunk trauma, burns, and skin and soft tissue infections. In this manual, our perioperative infection control practices were placed as the “expert opinion” and as the framework for the text, and we conducted a literature search of randomized controlled trials, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and guidelines reported over the past 20 years. Our treatment strategy was also compared with the “Practical Guidelines for the Appropriate Use of Antimicrobial Agents for Prevention of Surgical Site Infection” published jointly by the Society and the Japanese Society of Chemotherapy, and provided reasons for any differences in our practices. Since our treatment policy is based on the principle of implementing evidence-based medicine, there are no major discrepancies between our strategy and those evidences. In addition, the areas have been paid attention to where evidence is limited, especially in postoperative management, in order to be a reference for the readers.
