Orthopedic wound infections. 182 cases after 8913 operations during an 8-year survey

Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 466-469

  Soørensen, Torben Sandberg ^a   Soørensen, Allan Ibsen ^a   Bremmelgaard, Annie ^a  

^a FREDERIKSBERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PUS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 9844256433     PISSN: 00016470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453679708996264     Document Type: Article

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