Postoperative infection in a double-occupancy operating room: A prospective study of two thousand four hundred and fifty-eight procedures on the extremities

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 503-513

  Kleinert, James M ^a,b   Hoffmann, Judy ^a   Crain, Goldie Miller ^a,b   Larsen, Claus Falck ^a,c   Goldsmith, L Jane ^a,d   Firrell, John C ^a,b  

^a JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CHRISTINE M KLEINERT INSTITUTE FOR HAND AND MICROSURGERY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INFECTION RATE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATING ROOM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID THERAPY; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; WOUND DRAINAGE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0030921836     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-199704000-00005     Document Type: Article

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