Solutions for surgical preparation of the vagina

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 718-720

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Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; POVIDONE IODINE;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTISEPSIS; BACTERIUM COLONY; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTRIC BURN; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRITANT DERMATITIS; OFF LABEL DRUG USE; PATIENT SAFETY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK; SKIN ALLERGY; VAGINA; VAGINA EPITHELIUM; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

EID: 84883218094     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000433982.36184.95     Document Type: Review

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