The role of hair shaving in skull base surgery

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-47

  Gil, Ziv ^a   Cohen, Jacob T ^a   Spektor, Sergei ^b   Fliss, Dan M ^a,c  

^a Dept of Otolaryngol Hd/Neck Surg   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CHILD; HAIR SHAVING; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; MYCOSIS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SELF CONCEPT; SKULL SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL INFECTION;

EID: 0037287216     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhn.2003.14     Document Type: Article

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