Role of culture of postoperative drainage fluid in the prediction of infection of the surgical site after major oncological operations of the head and neck

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 200-203

  Candau Alvarez, A ^a   Linares Sicilia, M J ^a   Dean Ferrer, A ^a   Perez Navero J L ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO REINA SOFÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Drainage; Microbiology; Oral cancer; Prognosis; Screening; Surgical wound infection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXUDATE; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEAD AND NECK SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR SURGERY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NECK DISSECTION; NONHUMAN; OPERATION DURATION; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TRACHEOSTOMY; BACTERIUM; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CLASSIFICATION; DRAINAGE; FOLLOW UP; FORECASTING; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TRANSPLANTATION;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DRAINAGE; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORECASTING; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; OPERATIVE TIME; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 84921553242     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: 15321940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2014.11.005     Document Type: Article

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