Neurosurgery and shaving: What's the evidence? A review

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 670-678

  Broekman, Marike L D ^a,b   Van Beijnum, Janneke ^c   Peul, Wilco C ^c   Regli, Luca ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hair removal; Neurosurgical procedure; Shaving; Surgical wound infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTIAM; CEFUROXIME; CHLORHEXIDINE; CLOXACILLIN; FLOMOXEF; FLUCLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CRANIOTOMY; DATA BASE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFECTION RATE; NEUROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHAVING; SHUNT INFECTION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HAIR REMOVAL; HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 80053419097     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.5.JNS102003     Document Type: Review

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