Operative Duration and Risk of Surgical Site Infection in Neurosurgery

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 94, Issue , 2016, Pages 551-555.e6

  Bekelis, Kimon ^a,b   Coy, Shannon ^c   Simmons, Nathan ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Neurosurgery; NSQIP; Operative duration; Surgical site infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PROPENSITY SCORE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL INFECTION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT DURATION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; OPERATION DURATION; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OPERATIVE TIME; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84991776577     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: 18788769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2016.07.077     Document Type: Article

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