Nonshaved cranial neurosurgery

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 458-463

  Ratanalert, Sanguansin ^a   Saehaeng, Sakchai ^b   Sripairojkul, Boonlert ^b   Liewchanpattana, Kriengsak ^b   Phuenpathom, Nakornchai ^b  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cranial; Hair; Infection; Neurosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SKULL SURGERY; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0033118352     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(98)00132-3     Document Type: Article

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