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Standard abdominal wound edge protection with surgical dressings vs coverage with a sterile circular polyethylene drape for prevention of surgical site infections (BaFO): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

BACKGROUND: Postoperative surgical site infections cause substantial morbidity, prolonged hospitalization, costs and even mortality and remain one of the most frequent surgical complications. Approximately 14% to 30% of all patients undergoing elective open abdominal surgery are affected and methods...

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Autores principales: Mihaljevic, André L, Michalski, Christoph W, Erkan, Mert, Reiser-Erkan, Carolin, Jäger, Carsten, Schuster, Tibor, Schuhmacher, Christoph, Kleeff, Jörg, Friess, Helmut
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3533734/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22587425
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-13-57