Surgical site infection in orthopedic trauma: A case-control study evaluating risk factors and cost

Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 220-226

  Thakore, Rachel V ^a   Greenberg, Sarah E ^a   Shi, Hanyuan ^a   Foxx, Alexandra M ^a   Francois, Elvis L ^a   Prablek, Marc A ^a   Nwosu, Samuel K ^a   Archer, Kristin R ^a   Ehrenfeld, Jesse M ^a   Obremskey, William T ^a   Sethi, Manish K ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost; Risk factors; Surgical site infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATION DURATION; ORTHOPEDIC TRAUMA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84952872957     PISSN: 09765662     EISSN: 22133445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcot.2015.04.004     Document Type: Article

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