Rate of wound infection after clean surgery

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 58-60

  Noman, Tariq A ^a   Raja'a, Yahia A ^a   Assiraji, Hashim M ^a   Assofi, Yousef A ^a  

^a SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

Author keywords

Clean surgery; Infection; Patient's age; Surgeons

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SAUDI ARABIA; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAUDI ARABIA; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0035234704     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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