Impact of Hair Removal on Surgical Site Infection Rates: A Prospective Randomized Noninferiority Trial

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 223, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 704-711

  Kowalski, Todd J ^a   Kothari, Shanu N ^b   Mathiason, Michelle A ^c   Borgert, Andrew J ^c  

^a Gundersen Health System   (United States)

^b GUNDERSEN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c GUNDERSEN LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON SURGERY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAIR REMOVAL; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBID OBESITY; PATIENT CARE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ELECTIVE SURGERY; GENERAL SURGERY; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENERAL SURGERY; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HAIR REMOVAL; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84994812864     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2016.03.032     Document Type: Conference Paper

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