Does Using a Laparoscopic Approach to Cholecystectomy Decrease the Risk of Surgical Site Infection?

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 237, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 358-362

  Richards, Chesley ^a   Edwards, Jonathan ^a   Culver, David ^a   Emori, T Grace ^a   Tolson, James ^a   Gaynes, Robert ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; CROSS INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURGICAL INFECTION;

CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0037362702     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-200303000-00009     Document Type: Article

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