January 31, 2003
Full Body Heat
SURVEY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY JAN-FEB 2003
An article in Lancet reports that body warming, either whole body or local heat, using radiant heating, can reduce the incidence of post-operative infections after clean surgery. They suggest that this technique may be as effective as preoperative antibiotics.Always looking for ways to be of assistance to our colleagues,we propose that eye surgeons consider the potentials of full body heating.
P0sted by M.Miraftab MD,
Posted by mmiraftab at January 31, 2003 03:54 PM