Infection rates of wound repairs during Mohs micrographic surgery using sterile versus nonsterile gloves: A prospective randomized pilot study

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 651-656

  Xia, Yang ^a,c   Cho, Sunghun ^b   Greenway, Hubert T ^a   Zelac, Daniel E ^a   Kelley, Benjamin ^a  

^a SCRIPPS CLINIC   (United States)

^b Darnell Army Community Hospital   (United States)

^c Mail Drop MS112A ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMOSURGERY; CLEAN GLOVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MOHS MICROGRAPHIC SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STERILE GLOVE; SURGICAL GLOVE; SURGICAL INFECTION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; WOUND CLOSURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; GLOVES, SURGICAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOHS SURGERY; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STERILIZATION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 79955426992     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2011.01949.x     Document Type: Article

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