Abdominal wound sepsis associated with gynaecological surgery at King Edward VIII Hospital, Durban

South African Journal of Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 11-14

  Jjuuko, G ^a   Moodley, J ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RATE; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREVALENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SOUTH AFRICA; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0036102834     PISSN: 00382361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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