Analysis of the Incidence and Risk Factors for Wound Infections in Open Bariatric Surgery

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 16-22

  Christou, Nicolas V ^a,b   Jarand, Joyce ^a   Sylvestre, Jean Loup ^a   McLean, Alexander P H ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Gastric bypass; Morbid obesity; Wound infection

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; TICARCILLIN;

ACINETOBACTER; ADULT; AGE; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROCOCCUS; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCISION; INCISIONAL HERNIA; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; OBESITY; OPERATION DURATION; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STOMACH BYPASS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, ROUX-EN-Y; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CEFAZOLIN; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 1642438975     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/096089204772787239     Document Type: Conference Paper

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