External Validation of the Ventral Hernia Risk Score for Prediction of Surgical Site Infections

Surgical Infections

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 36-40

  Liang, Mike K ^a   Goodenough, Christopher J ^a   Martindale, Robert G ^b   Roth, J Scott ^c   Kao, Lillian S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FEMALE; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INTERNAL VALIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL INFECTION; VENTRAL HERNIA RISK SCORE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HERNIA, VENTRAL; PROCEDURES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; VALIDATION STUDY;

COHORT STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HUMANS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84925016438     PISSN: 10962964     EISSN: 15578674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/sur.2014.115     Document Type: Article

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