Global prevalence and incidence of surgical site infections after appendectomy: A systematic review and meta-analysis protocol

BMJ Open

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2018, Pages

  Danwang, Celestin ^a   Mazou, Temgoua Ngou ^a   Tochie, Joel Noutakdie ^a   Nzalie, Rolf Nyah Tuku ^b   Bigna, Jean Joel ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^b Ngong District Hospital   (Cameroon)

^c CENTRE PASTEUR DU CAMEROUN   (Cameroon)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

appendectomy; incidence; prevalence; surgical site infection

Indexed keywords

APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADVERSE EVENT; META ANALYSIS;

APPENDECTOMY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PREVALENCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 85052924441     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020101     Document Type: Article

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