Laparoscopic surgery significantly reduces surgical-site infections compared with open surgery

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 270-276

  Varela, J Esteban ^a   Wilson, Samuel E ^b   Nguyen, Ninh T ^b  

^a Minimally Invasive Spine Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Laparoscopy; Open surgery; Postoperative wound infection; Surgical site infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIREFLUX OPERATION; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OPEN SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH BYPASS; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 77649178914     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-009-0569-1     Document Type: Article

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