A surgical wound, also known as an incision, is made with a scalpel during surgery. If a surgical wound becomes infected, it requires immediate, specialized care to prevent further complications.

A trial supported by Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit explores methods to reduce post-operative surgical site infections.

That such a high proportion of wounds healed either spontaneously or after non-surgical treatment means that routine, non-selective surgical intervention for pre-infected closed pedal puncture ...

In a prospective study, Rogers and colleagues analyzed wound infection rates in 1204 consecutive tumors treated with Mohs surgery using clean surgical technique and no prophylactic antibiotics.