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SAN FRANCISCO -- Getting postcesarean patients into the shower will help the surgical wounds heal properly, Harriet W. Hopf, M.D., said at a meeting on antepartum and intrapartum management sponsored by the University of California, San Francisco.
A wound requires several elements for good healing--the right amount of inflammation, protein, oxygen (perfusion), and a proper environment. An infected wound is too inflamed and slow to heal. Most infection comes from bacteria on the skin. Rinsing a wound with...
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