Use of a surgical preparation and sterile dressing change during office visit treatment of chronic foot and ankle wounds decreases the incidence of infection and treatment costs

Foot and Ankle Specialist

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 147-154

  Schade, Valerie L ^a   Roukis, Thomas S ^a  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Foot and ankle surgery; High risk surgical patient; Limb preservation; Postoperative infection; Surgical preparation

Indexed keywords

TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETIC FOOT; DISINFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; SURGICAL INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BANDAGES; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COHORT STUDIES; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETIC FOOT; DISINFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 49649120264     PISSN: 19386400     EISSN: 19387636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1938640008317357     Document Type: Article

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