مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري - PREOPERATIVE HAiR REMOVAL: ASYSTEMATIC REVIEW

Abstract :

Objective: Preoperative hair removal is one of the important steps of surgery process. This study aims to analyze the prior studies about preoperative hair removal, and plans to provide concrete data to researchers.Methods: Turkish and English studies related to preoperative hair removal, which were done in the last 7 0 years and accessible in full text form, are included in the examination. Studies wereselected through searching the databases of Pubmed , EBSCO , Ovid , and Science Direct by using the keywords of hair removal, preoperative operation, and surgical site infection.Results: In this systematic study, 8 studies, which were published between 2003 and 20 7 3, were reached; 4 of them are systematic examination, one of them is randomized controlled study, one of them is randomized cohort, one of them is experimental study, and one of them is quasi experimental study. Conclusion: In the cases of inappropriate preoperative hair removal, surgical site infection risk certainly increases. Therefore, hairs in the surgical site shouldn t be removed or cleaned. If preoperative hair removal is necessary, it must be done before the operation, and depilatories, scissors, and electronic shavers must be used instead of using razor blades or bistoury or scalpel. Well-formulated randomized controlled studies with big samples are needed to show the effects of time, space, and methods used in preoperative hair removal on surgical site infection development.