Contamination of the surgical field in head and neck oncologic surgery

Head and Neck

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1408-1412

  Mazurek, Maciej J ^a   Rysz, Maciej ^a   Jaworowski, Janusz ^a   Nowakowski, Filip ^a   Krajewski, Romuald ^a   Staros̈ciak, Stanislaw ^a   Pietras, Marek ^a   Polowniak Pracka, Hanna ^a   Wlodarczyk, Artur ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Free flaps; Head and neck cancer; Surgical field contamination; Surgical site infection; Swabs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; ASEPSIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FEMALE; FISTULA; GRAFT NECROSIS; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; OPERATING ROOM; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREVOTELLA; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEROMA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; SURGICAL DRAPE; SURGICAL FIELD CONTAMINATION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL SWAB; VEILLONELLA; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL DRAPES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908076575     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.23473     Document Type: Article

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