Does preoperative nephrostomy increase the incidence of wound infection after nephrectomy?

Urology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 50-52

  Greenstein, Alexander ^a   Kaver, Issac ^a   Chen, Juza ^a   Matzkin, Haim ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; NEPHRECTOMY; NEPHROSTOMY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE CULTURE; WOUND INFECTION;

HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; NEPHROSTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0032903605     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(98)00465-8     Document Type: Article

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