Preoperative hair removal: A random prospective: Study of shaving versus clipping

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 1982, Pages 799-801

  Balthazar, Eugene R ^a,b   Colt, James D ^a,b   Nichols, Ronald Lee ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTHETIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREOPERATIVE CARE;

ADULT; AGED; HAIR; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0019990989     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: 15418243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-198207000-00006     Document Type: Article

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