Postoperative infection rates in foot and ankle surgery: A comparison of patients with and without diabetes mellitus

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 287-295

  Wukich, Dane K ^a   Lowery, Nicholas J ^a   McMillen, Ryan L ^a   Frykberg, Robert G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CARL T HAYDEN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT SURGERY; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROPATHY; OPERATION DURATION; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEX; SMOKING; SURGICAL INFECTION; AGED; ANKLE INJURY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FOOT INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE INJURIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FOOT INJURIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 77950504896     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.I.00080     Document Type: Article

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