Optimal Timing of Preoperative Skin Preparation with Povidone-Iodine for Spine Surgery: A Prospective, Randomized Controlled Study

STUDY DESIGN: A prospective, randomized, controlled study. PURPOSE: The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of two techniques of skin preparation with povidone-iodine. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE: Preoperative skin preparation is important for preventing surgical site infection by r...

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Autores principales: Yasuda, Tatsuya, Hasegawa, Tomohiko, Yamato, Yu, Kobayashi, Sho, Togawa, Daisuke, Arima, Hideyuki, Matsuyama, Yukihiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society of Spine Surgery 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4472591/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26097658
http://dx.doi.org/10.4184/asj.2015.9.3.423