Comparison of the risk of surgical site infection after laparoscopic cholecystectomy and open cholecystectomy

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1103-1106

  Biscione, Fernando M ^a,c   Couto, Renato C ^a   Pedrosa, Tânia M ^a   Neto, Mozar C ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b Hospital Mater Dei   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 34548332508     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/519931     Document Type: Article

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