Syringe pressure irrigation of subdermic tissue after appendectomy to decrease the incidence of postoperative wound infection

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 38-42

  Cervantes Sánchez, Carlos R ^a,b,c,d   Gutiérrez Vega, Rafael ^a,b,d   Vázquez Carpizo, Jorge A ^a   Clark, Patricia ^a   Athié Gutiérrez, Cesar ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD ANÁHUAC   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD PANAMERICANA   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION; WOUND IRRIGATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDECTOMY; CHILD; DERMIS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; IRRIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SYRINGES;

EID: 0345148861     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002689910008     Document Type: Article

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