Abdominal drainage may be a risk factor for surgical site infection following appendectomy

Asian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2019, Pages 897-898

  Murakami, Takashi ^a   Wada, Tomoko ^b   Ishibe, Atsushi ^a   Akiyama, Hirotoshi ^a   Endo, I ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Saiseikai Yokohama Nanbu Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abdominal drainage; Appendicitis; Intraoperative culture; Risk factors; Surgical site infection

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADVERSE EVENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ABDOMEN; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 85070609793     PISSN: 10159584     EISSN: 02193108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asjsur.2019.05.007     Document Type: Letter

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