Does a history of wound infection predict postoperative surgical site infection after ventral hernia repair?

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 203, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 370-374

  Blatnik, Jeffrey A ^a   Krpata, David M ^a   Novitsky, Yuri W ^a   Rosen, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Surgical site infection; Ventral incisional hernia; Wound infection

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SURGICAL INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

FEMALE; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SURGICAL MESH; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84857546265     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2011.12.001     Document Type: Article

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