Wound drains after incisional hernia repair

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Gurusamy, Kurinchi S ^a   Samraj, K ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Drainage adverse effects; *instrumentation ; Hernia, ventral *surgery ; Humans; Reoperation; Surgical mesh; Surgical wound infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INCISIONAL HERNIA; INFECTION RISK; LENGTH OF STAY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WOUND DRAINAGE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 34848812984     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005570.pub2     Document Type: Review

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