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DOI:10.1001/ARCHSURG.1983.01390030079013 - Corpus ID: 22122281
@article{Alexander1983TheIO, title={The influence of hair-removal methods on wound infections.}, author={J. Wesley Alexander and Josef E. Fischer and Michael K Boyajian and J. Mark Palmquist and Michael J. Morris}, journal={Archives of surgery}, year={1983}, volume={118 3}, pages={ 347-52 }, url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:22122281}}
- J. Alexander, J. Fischer, M. Morris
- Published in Archives of Surgery 1 March 1983
- Medicine
Preoperative shaving is deleterious, and the practice should be abandoned, and a savings of approximately $270,000 could be realized if the AM clipper method replaced shaving for preoperative hair removal.
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Preoperative hair removal with razor shaving predisposes to skin injuries which in turn significantly influence postoperative wound infection rates, and injuries and resultant wound infection are fewer when depilatory cream is used for hair removal.
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There is insufficient evidence to state whether removing hair impacts on surgical site infection or when is the best time to remove hair, but if it is necessary to removehair then both clipping and depilatory creams results in fewer SSIs than shaving using a razor.
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Preoperative hair removal with razor shaving predisposes to skin injuries which in turn significantly influence postoperative wound infection rates, and injuries and resultant wound infection are fewer when depilatory cream is used for hair removal.
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The use of a depilatory cream as an alternative to a razor would seem to have the advantages of increasing patient comfort; of avoiding injuries inflicted by even skilful shaving; and perhaps of diminishing the incidence of wound infection, without significant risk of reaction to the depilatories.
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