Surgical site infection in general and thoracic surgery: Surveillance of 2 663 cases in a Japanese teaching hospital

Surgery Today

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 114-118

  Yoshida, Junichi ^a   Shinohara, Masahiro ^a   Ishikawa, Mikimasa ^a   Matsuo, Kenichi ^a  

^a Shimonoseki City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

General surgery; Surgical site infection; Surveillance; Thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; COLON RESECTION; COLORECTAL SURGERY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTECTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; RECTUM SURGERY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL RISK; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THORAX SURGERY; WOUND ASSESSMENT;

DATA COLLECTION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; JAPAN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 31544453899     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: 14362813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-005-3120-6     Document Type: Article

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