Surgical site infection in colorectal surgery: A review of the nonpharmacologic tools of prevention

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 211, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 812-822

  Murray, Bryce W ^a   Huerta, Sergio ^a   Dineen, Sean ^b   Anthony, Thomas ^a  

^a VA NORTH TEXAS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFUSION FLUID;

CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL SURGERY; FASCIA; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HYPEROXIA; INFECTION RISK; INTESTINE PREPARATION; LAPAROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SKIN; SKIN DECONTAMINATION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WARMING; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ANASTOMOTIC LEAK; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BATHS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CATHARTICS; COLORECTAL SURGERY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DRAINAGE; ENEMA; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPEROXIA; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INSULIN; INTESTINES; LAPAROSCOPY; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; OXYGEN; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SKIN; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 78649505214     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2010.07.025     Document Type: Review

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