Early versus delayed dressing removal after primary closure of clean and clean-contaminated surgical wounds

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2015, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Toon, Clare D ^a   Lusuku, Charnelle ^b   Ramamoorthy, Rajarajan ^c   Davidson, Brian R ^c   Gurusamy, Kurinchi Selvan ^c  

^a WEST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DEVICE REMOVAL; EARLY INTERVENTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCISION; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL WOUND; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DEHISCENCE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BANDAGE; HOSPITAL COST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME; WOUND HEALING;

BANDAGES; EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS; WOUND CLOSURE TECHNIQUES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84964694603     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD010259.pub3     Document Type: Review

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