Risk factors affecting the incidence of infection after orthopaedic surgery: The role of chemoprophylaxis

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 252-256

  Masgala, Aikaterini ^a   Chronopoulos, Efstathios ^a   Nikolopoulos, Georgios ^b   Sourlas, John ^a   Lallos, Stergios ^a   Brilakis, Emmanuel ^a   Lazarettos, John ^a   Efstathopoulos, Nikolaos ^a  

^a IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b Hellenic Centre of Disease Control and Prevention   (Greece)

Author keywords

Infection; Orthopaedic; Post surgical; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872956590     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a3746     Document Type: Article

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