The breast: A clean-contaminated surgical site

Aesthetic Surgery Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 802-806

  Bartsich, Sophie ^a   Ascherman, Jeffrey A ^a   Whittier, Susan ^b   Yao, Caroline A ^c   Rohde, Christine ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic irrigation; Breast enhancement; Breast enlargement; Capsular contracture; Infection; Periareolar; Primary or secondary or revision breast augmentation; Risks with implants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPLANT CAPSULAR CONTRACTURE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; SKIN FLORA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SURGICAL INFECTION; TISSUE SECTION; BREAST; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NIPPLE; PROPIONIBACTERIUM;

BREAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPLANT CAPSULAR CONTRACTURE; MAMMAPLASTY; NIPPLES; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 84855734314     PISSN: 1090820X     EISSN: 1527330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090820X11417428     Document Type: Article

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