Risk factors for surgical site infection after elective resection of the colon and rectum: A single-center prospective study of 2,809 consecutive patients

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 234, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 181-189

  Tang, Reiping ^a   Chen, Hong Hwa ^a   Wang, Yung Liang ^a   Changchien, Chung Rong ^a   Chen, Jinn Shiun ^a   Hsu, Kuan Cheng ^a   Chiang, Jy Ming ^a   Wang, Jeng Yi ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLON RESECTION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INCISION; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM RESECTION; RISK FACTOR; STOMA; SURGEON; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0034899252     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-200108000-00007     Document Type: Article

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