Efficacy of Surgical Wound Drainage in Orthopaedic Trauma Patients: A Randomized Prospective Trial

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 348-350

  Lang, Gerald J ^a   Richardson, Mark ^b   Bosse, Michael J ^b   Greene, Kimberley ^b   Meyer Jr , Ralph A ^b   Sims, Stephen H ^b   Kellam, James F ^b  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

^b CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clean surgical wounds; Drainage tubes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDICS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REOPERATION; SUCTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HEMOSTASIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDICS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REOPERATION; SUCTION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0032088661     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-199806000-00009     Document Type: Article

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