Intra-abdominal placement of antimicrobial-impregnated mesh is associated with noninfectious fever

American Surgeon

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1205-1208

  Cobb, William S ^a   Paton, B Lauren ^a   Novitsky, Yuri W ^a   Rosen, Michael J ^a   Kercher, Kent W ^a   Kuwada, Timothy S ^a   Heniford, B Todd ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; CHLORHEXIDINE; POLYTETRAFLOUROETHYLENE; SILVER; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; POLITEF;

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HERNIOPLASTY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL PATIENT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEVER; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TIME;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHLORHEXIDINE; FEVER; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SILVER; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURGICAL MESH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33846906310     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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