Efficacy of antimicrobial coating suture coated polyglactin 910 with tricosan (Vicryl Plus) compared with polyglactin 910 (Vicryl) in reduced surgical site infection of appendicitis, double blind randomized control trial, preliminary safety report

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 770-775

  Mingmalairak, Chatchai ^a   Ungbhakorn, Pookate ^a   Paocharoen, Veeraya ^a  

^a THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Appendectomy; Appendicitis; Polyglactin 910; Surgical wound infection; Triclosan

Indexed keywords

POLYGLACTIN; TRICLOSAN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BIOMATERIAL;

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SUTURE; ADOLESCENT; APPENDIX; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYGLACTIN 910; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SUTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICLOSAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650453792     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: 01252208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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