Issue release date: 12.11.2024

 
Turkish Neurosurgery 1994 , Vol 4 , Num 3
THE EFFECTS OF HAIR ON INFECTION IN CRANIOTOMY
Ender KORFALI, Ahmet BEKAR, Suat BOYACI, Suat ÇELİK, Zeki İPEKOĞLU, Muammer DOYGUN
Uludağ University School of Medicine Department of Neurosurgery, Bursa Turkey 142 patients who were operated on Department of Neurosurgery during a 21 month period without removal of hair were examined prospectively with regard to the effects of hair on wound sites, Craniotomy was carried out on 124 patients and shunt procedures on 18 patients. No infection was detected in our patients. Keywords : Hair, Neurosurgical Wound Infections, Shaving
Corresponding author : Ahmet Bekar