Effect of triclosan-Coated sutures on the incidence of surgical wound infection after lower limb revascularization surgery: A randomized controlled trial

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2528-2534

  Turtiainen, Johanna ^a   Saimanen, Eija I T ^b   Mäkinen, Kimmo T ^c   Nykänen, Antti I ^d   Venermo, Maarit A ^d   Uurto, Ilkka T ^e   Hakala, Tapio ^a  

^a NORTH KARELIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b SOUTH KARELIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TRICLOSAN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSTRUMENTATION; LEG; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL INFECTION; SUTURE; VASCULAR SURGERY; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SUTURES; TRICLOSAN; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84867888580     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-012-1655-4     Document Type: Article

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