Benefits of povidone-iodine solution in colorectal operations: Science or legend

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 966-971

  Pattana Arun, Jirawat ^a   Wolff, Bruce G ^b  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Betadine; Colorectal cancer; Colorectal operation; Povidone iodine; Rectal cancer recurrence; Septic complication

Indexed keywords

POVIDONE IODINE;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ANASTOMOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTAMINATION; DERMATITIS; DISINFECTION; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG SAFETY; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; INTOXICATION; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; RECURRENT CANCER; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SEPSIS; SIDE EFFECT; TOPICAL TREATMENT; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT; WOUND INFECTION; WOUND IRRIGATION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL SURGERY; HUMANS; NEOPLASM SEEDING; POVIDONE-IODINE; SKIN; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 44749092785     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-008-9213-8     Document Type: Review

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