Surgical site infections in standard neurosurgery procedures-a study of incidence, impact and potential risk factors

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 270-275

  Abu Hamdeh, Sami ^a   Lytsy, Birgitta ^a   Ronne Engström, Elisabeth ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Craniotomy; Neurosurgery; Prospective; Risk factors for infection; Surgical site infections

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPLICATION SITE DISCHARGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CRANIECTOMY; CRANIOTOMY; DURAL SUBSTITUTE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLIOMA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; STAPLER; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; VERY ELDERLY; WOUND CLOSURE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OSTEOMYELITIS; PATIENT READMISSION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896339869     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02688697.2013.835376     Document Type: Article

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