Antiseptic wick: Does it reduce the incidence of wound infection following appendectomy?

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 631-634

  McGreal, Gerald T ^a   Joy, Aislinn ^a   Manning, Brian ^a   Kelly, John L ^a   O'Donnell, Joseph A ^a   Kirwan, W William O ^a   Redmond, H Paul ^a  

^a University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; POVIDONE IODINE; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTISEPSIS; ANTISEPTIC WICK; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND INFECTION; APPENDICITIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LENGTH OF STAY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL INFECTION; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POVIDONE-IODINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036560109     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-001-0281-3     Document Type: Article

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