Surgical site infections after thyroidectomy

Surgical Infections

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2006, Pages

  Dionigi, Gianlorenzo ^a   Rovera, Francesca ^a   Boni, Luigi ^a   Castano, Patrizia ^a   Dionigi, Renzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THYROID DISEASE; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748059184     PISSN: 10962964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/sur.2006.7.s2-117     Document Type: Review

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