Desiderio Rodrigues

Consultant Neurosurgeon, Department of Neurosurgery, Birmingham Women and Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

The ‘transverse guard’ wound dressing technique to reduce faecal contamination after spinal surgery in neonates and infants

The transverse guard was introduced in November 2017, so a retrospective review of all neonates who had undergone open MMC repair between March 2016 and May 2020 was performed. Operations beyond 3...

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