Erratum (DOI:10.1016/j.surg.2008.11.007);Antibiotic coating of abdominal closure sutures and wound infection

Surgery

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 330-334

  Justinger, Christoph ^a   Moussavian, Mohammed Reza ^a   Schlueter, Christian ^a   Kopp, Berit ^a   Kollmar, Otto ^a   Schilling, Martin Karl ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYDIOXANONE; POLYGLACTIN; TRICLOSAN;

ABDOMINAL WALL CLOSURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERIAL COATING; NEWBORN; PATIENT CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN INCISION; SUTURE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 60149086206     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2009.05.001     Document Type: Erratum

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