Splenectomy for trauma increases the rate of early postoperative infections

American Surgeon

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 947-950

  Wiseman, James ^a   Brown, Carlos V R ^a   Weng, Janie ^a   Salim, Ali ^a   Rhee, Peter ^a   Demetriades, Demetrios ^a  

^a LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABDOMINAL INJURY; ABSCESS; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; COLON INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HOLLOW VISCERA INJURY; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; SPLENECTOMY; SURGICAL PATIENT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INJURY; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADULT; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLON; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLENECTOMY; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33750729601     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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