A prospective study on surgical-site infections in thyroid operation

Surgery (United States)

Volumn 155, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 675-681

  Bures, Claudia ^a,b   Klatte, Tobias ^a,c   Gilhofer, Monika ^a,b   Behnke, Michael ^d   Breier, Ann Christin ^d   Neuhold, Nikolaus ^b   Hermann, Michael ^a,b  

^a KRANKENANSTALT RUDOLFSTIFTUNG   (Austria)

^b Department of Surgery Kaiserin Elisabeth Spital ^*  (Austria)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; AMERICAN SOCIETY OF SNESTHESIOLOGISTS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEMELLA MORBILLORUM; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NOMOGRAM; OPERATION DURATION; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS ANAEROBIUS; PREVOTELLA BIVIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP C; SURGICAL INFECTION; THYROID SURGERY; THYROIDECTOMY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NOMOGRAMS; OPERATIVE TIME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 84897061758     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: 15327361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2013.12.002     Document Type: Article

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