Pediatric clean surgical wounds: Is dressing necessary?

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1871-1873

  Merei, Jamal M ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

dressing; exposure; Pediatric wound infection

Indexed keywords

ANTISEPSIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL WOUND; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; BANDAGES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE;

EID: 10944246623     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2004.08.017     Document Type: Article

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