Surgical site infections and cellulitis after abdominal hysterectomy

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 108.e1-108.e10

  Savage, Mack W ^a   Pottinger, Jean M ^c   Chiang, Hsiu Yin ^b,c   Yohnke, Katherine R ^b   Bowdler, Noelle C ^a   Herwaldt, Loreen A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

abdominal hysterectomy; cellulitis; surgical site infections

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CELLULITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROMA; SURGICAL INFECTION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 84880925183     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2013.05.043     Document Type: Article

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