David Leaper

University of Huddersfield — United Kingdom

Medicine · Health Sciences

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Research Topics

Surgical site infection prevention(69), Wound Healing and Treatments(57), Surgical Sutures and Adhesives(46), Thermal Regulation in Medicine(17), Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes(17)

Publications184 total

Surgical site infection: time for new definitions
Journal of Wound Care·2025
Redefining Surgical Incision Outcomes: A Modified Delphi Study to Establish a Novel Universal Classification System
Infection Disease & Health·2025
Antisepsis before skin injections: does the WHO recommendation for washing, instead alcohol-based antisepsis, achieve the same efficacy?
PubMed·2025Open Access
The true incidence and cost of surgical site infection
Journal of Wound Care·2025· 1 cited
Surgical site infection prevention care bundles: evidence and guidelines
Journal of Wound Care·2025· 1 cited
Biofilms and antibacterial sutures
Journal of Wound Care·2024
Clinical efficacy and safety of a silver ion-releasing foam dressing on hard-to-heal wounds: a meta-analysis
Journal of Wound Care·2024· 3 cited
Preoperative surgical skin preparation
Journal of Wound Care·2024· 1 cited
Efficacy of a 4-Antigen <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> Vaccine in Spinal Surgery: The <i>STaphylococcus aureus</i> suRgical Inpatient Vaccine Efficacy (STRIVE) Randomized Clinical Trial
Clinical Infectious Diseases·2023· 35 citedOpen Access
Longitudinal Rates, Patient Risk Factors, and Economic Impact of Superficial and Deep Incisional Surgical Site Infection After Primary and Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty: A U.S. Retrospective Commercial Claims Database Analysis
Surgical Infections·2023· 5 cited
Longitudinal rates, risk factors, and costs of superficial and deep incisional surgical-site infection (SSI) after primary and revision total knee arthroplasty: A US retrospective claims database analysis
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology·2023· 10 cited
Pre-operative Plasma Markers in Colorectal Cancer: Relationship to Tumour Pathology and 5, 10 and 15-Year Survival Analysis
European Journal of Surgical Oncology·2023
Clinical and economic burden of surgical site infections in inpatient care in Germany: A retrospective, cross-sectional analysis from 79 hospitals
PLoS ONE·2022· 48 citedOpen Access
Concerns on the evidence used to challenge established guidelines
The Lancet Infectious Diseases·2022Open Access
Prevention of Orthopedic Prosthetic Infections Using Evidence-Based Surgical Site Infection Care Bundles: A Narrative Review
Surgical Infections·2022· 15 cited
Risk and economic burden of surgical site infection following spinal fusion in adults
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology·2022· 26 cited
Delphi Consensus on Intraoperative Technical/Surgical Aspects to Prevent Surgical Site Infection after Colorectal Surgery
Journal of the American College of Surgeons·2022· 31 citedOpen Access
Assessment of risk and economic burden of surgical site infection (SSI) posthysterectomy using a U.S. longitudinal database
Surgery·2021· 8 cited
The Authors Reply
Diseases of the Colon & Rectum·2021
How to reduce SSI: a new infection reduction bundle for HPB surgery
Journal of Wound Care·2021· 2 cited
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Charles E. Edmiston(8), Ojan Assadian(7), Andrew J. McBain(4), Senthil Kumar(4), Peng Wong(4), Judith Tanner(3), Martin Kiernan(3), Elizabeth A. Baker(3), Keith G Harding(3), Karen Ousey(3), Axel Krämer(3), A.C. Melling(2), Eileen Scott(2), Stuart Enoch(2), Gregory S. Schultz(2), Keryln Carville(2), Theresa Swanson(2), Piyush Durani(2), Patricia Price(2), F. Daoud(2)