title: Shaving the hair--is it always necessary for cranial neurosurgical procedures?
abstract: Shaving of the hair and neurosurgical procedures are almost inseparably connected issues. This may add an additional psychological stress to the patient. Those departments which abandoned pre-operative shaving did not see higher infection rates. From January 1993 to September 1994 we performed 57 cranial procedures without any shaving, among them 5 shunt procedures. We found no disturbances of wound healing or septic complications. Therefore neurosurgical procedures without shaving are recommended for all benign cranial processes if a rapid rehabilitation of the patient to his normal daily life is to be expected.
authors: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Ulm, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors: V
authors: V
authors: Braun
authors: H P
authors: HP
authors: Richter
mesh_terms: D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D003399:Craniotomy / Q000379:methods*; D004203:Disinfection / Q000379:methods; D006204:Hair Removal; D006801:Humans; D013536:Suture Techniques; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology