A randomised controlled trial of antibiotic prophylaxis for vesico-vaginal fistula repair

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 397-399

  Tomlinson, A John ^a   Thornton, James G ^b  

^a UEEB SIM   (Benin)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CYSTOVAGINAL FISTULA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURGICAL WOUND; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BENIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; PENICILLINS; REOPERATION; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT FAILURE; URINARY INCONTINENCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VESICOVAGINAL FISTULA; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0031862632     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1998.tb10122.x     Document Type: Article

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