Postoperative infection following clean facial surgery

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 342-346

  Sylaidis, Peter ^a   Wood, Simon ^a   Murray, Douglas S ^a,b  

^a Wordsley Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b WEST NORWICH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; EAR; ESTHETICS; FACE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NOSE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELLULITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0030879837     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-199710000-00003     Document Type: Article

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