Impact of surgical training on incidence of surgical site infection

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1165-1173

  Rosenthal, Rachel ^a   Weber, Walter P ^a   Zwahlen, Marcel ^b   Misteli, Heidi ^a   Reck, Stefan ^a   Oertli, Daniel ^a   Widmer, Andreas F ^a   Marti, Walter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFUROXIME; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TRAINING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67349254520     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-009-0012-8     Document Type: Article

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