Reduction of leg wound infections following coronary artery bypass surgery

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 65-68

  Mullen, John C ^a,b   Bentley, Michael J ^a   Mong, Kam ^a   Karmy Jones, Riyad ^a   Lemermeyer, Gillian ^a   Gelfand, Elliot T ^a   Koshal, Arvind ^a   Modry, Dennis L ^a   Penkoske, Patricia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass; Saphenous vein; Surgical wound infection

Indexed keywords

PROTAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; LEG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OPERATION DURATION; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; VEIN SURGERY; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURGICAL STAPLERS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0032999992     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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