The association of surgical drains with surgical site infections – A prospective observational study

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 217, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 17-23

  Mujagic, Edin ^a   Zeindler, Jasmin ^a   Coslovsky, Michael ^a   Hoffmann, Henry ^a   Soysal, Savas D ^a   Mechera, Robert ^a   von Strauss, Marco ^a   Delko, Tarik ^a   Saxer, Franziska ^a   Glaab, Richard ^b   Kraus, Rebecca ^b   Mueller, Alexandra ^b   Curti, Gaudenz ^b   Gurke, Lorenz ^a   Jakob, Marcel ^a   Marti, Walter R ^b   Weber, Walter P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b CANTONAL HOSPITAL AARAU   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Prospective observational study; Surgical drains; Surgical site infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLOSED DRAINAGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ODDS RATIO; OPERATION DURATION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWITZERLAND; TRAUMATOLOGY; VASCULAR SURGERY; ADVERSE EVENT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OPERATIVE TIME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 85048720848     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2018.06.015     Document Type: Article

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