title: [Modification of postoperative wound healing by showering].
abstract: Usually postoperative wounds are kept dry until the stitches are removed. In a prospective randomized study early water contact was allowed in order to test postoperative wound healing in 817 patients operated on for varicose veins. Regardless of whether the wounds were kept dry or had water contact with or without shower foam from the second postoperative day, no infection was registered.
authors.affiliation: Schlossklinik Abtsee, Fachklinik für Venenerkrankungen, Laufen.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Neues
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Haas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001494:Baths; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012915:Soaps; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000601:surgery*; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D012915:Soaps