Wound length and corticosteroid administration as risk factors for surgical-site complications following cesarean section

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 355-359

  De Vivo, Antonio ^a   Mancuso, Alfredo ^a   Giacobbe, Annamaria ^a   Priolo, Antonio Maria ^a   Dominici, Rosanna De ^a   Savasta, Laura Maggio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

BMI; Cesarean section; Steroids; Wound complications

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEROMA; SKIN ABSCESS; SKIN INCISION; SKIN SURFACE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND COMPLICATION; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT; WOUND INFECTION;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BODY MASS INDEX; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 77749280408     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016340903568175     Document Type: Article

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