Efficacy of surgical preparation solutions in foot and ankle surgery

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 980-985

  Ostrander, Roger V ^a,b   Botte, Michael J ^a,c   Brage, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b The Andrews Institute   (United States)

^c SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; CHLORAPREP; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; CHLOROXYLENOL; POVIDONE IODINE; TECHNI-CARE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT AND ANKLE SURGERY; FOOT SURGERY; HALLUX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL WOUND; TIBIA; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 18144383541     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.D.01977     Document Type: Article

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