(HealthDay News) – Use of a chlorhexidine-based solution for preoperative skin marking is associated with more erasure of skin markings than an iodine-based alternative, according to a study published ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Preoperative marking of the limbus failed to improve refractive outcomes of LASIK and LASEK in eyes with myopic ...

Knight and Wedge illustrate an important and familiar problem with marking limbs preoperatively with arrows or symmetric symbols. 1 I have taken to marking limbs with either my initials or my ...

Whenever possible, stoma site marking is viewed as "best practice" for patients facing the possibility of stoma surgery. "Multiple studies indicate that preoperative stoma site marking by an educated ...

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Background: There is concern about increasing utilization of low-value health care services, including preoperative testing for low-risk surgical procedures. We investigated temporal trends, ...