Superficial incisional surgical site infection rate after cesarean section in obese women: A randomized controlled trial of subcuticular versus interrupted skin suturing

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 289, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 981-986

  Ibrahim, Moustafa I ^a   Moustafa, Gamal Farag ^a   Al Hamid, Ahmed Sherif Abd ^a   Hussein, May Raafat ^a  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cesarean section; Skin closure; Surgical site infection

Indexed keywords

POLYPROPYLENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INTERRUPTED SKIN SUTURING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NONABSORBABLE SUTURE; OBESITY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STONY BROOK SCAR EVALUATION SCALE; SUBCUTICULAR SKIN SUTURING; SURGICAL INFECTION; SUTURING METHOD; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WOUND CLOSURE;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; DERMATOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; OBESITY; OPERATIVE TIME; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84900792261     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: 14320711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-013-3098-z     Document Type: Article

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