Contaminated wounds: Infection rates with subcutaneous sutures

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 43-48

  Mehta, P H ^a   Dunn, K A ^a   Bradfield, J F ^a   Austin, P E ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NYLON; POLYGLACTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; EXUDATE; INFECTION RATE; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUTURING METHOD; TISSUE NECROSIS; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND INFECTION; WOUND IRRIGATION;

EID: 0030034880     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(96)70295-0     Document Type: Article

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