Prevention of surgical site infections in high-risk patients with laparotomy incisions using negative-pressure therapy

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 205, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 647-654

  Blackham, Aaron U ^a   Farrah, Jason P ^a   McCoy, Thomas P ^a   Schmidt, Benjamin S ^a   Shen, Perry ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Laparotomy; Negative pressure therapy; Prevention; Quality improvement; Surgical site infections

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; HEMATOMA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROMA; SURGICAL INFECTION; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND DRESSING;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BANDAGES; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; OPERATIVE TIME; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84877841437     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2012.06.007     Document Type: Article

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