Is Shaving Hair Necessary in Cranial Surgery?
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cranial surgery, infection, scalp flora, skin preparation solutions, shaving hairAbstract
Shaving the hair before cranial surgery is a common application with the purpose of preventing surgical site infections. However, shaving the hair particularly in women and young patients causes the impairment of the body image and negatively affects the rehabilitation process. In the studies evaluating the wound infections in patients that shaved or unshaved before craniotomy, it has been shown that the infection rate in shaved patients was 1.22 – 8% and 0 – 13.6% in unshaved patients. It was stated in the studies that scalp shaving was not effective in the prevention of surgical site infections, and cranial surgeries can be made safely without shaving scalp with the provision that proper skin preparation is made. In this review, whether or not the scalp shaving is effective in the prevention of surgical site infections and the proper hair and skin preparation before the surgical intervention will be discussed. (PNN 2013;2(2):83-89)
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