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Surgical wounds with delayed healing may be not detected if they do not exhibit signs such as redness or exudate within four days after surgery.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Design<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study was conducted using prospective observational design with reference to the STROBE Statement (see Supporting Information Appendix ) to examine the temperatures of surgical wounds in their natural settings.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Based on convenience sampling, 60 participants admitted to the colorectal surgical ward for enterostoma closure from January\u2013November 2013 were recruited.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Although both infected and noninfected surgical wounds exhibited a significant increase in wound temperature from Days 1\u20134, the infected wounds revealed a statistically significantly lower temperature than the noninfected ones. 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