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The role of saline irrigation prior to wound closure in the reduction of surgical site infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BACKGROUND: Surgical site infection (SSI) describes an infectious complication of surgical wounds. Although SSI is thought to be preventable, it still represents a major cause of morbidity and substantial economic burden on the health system. Wound irrigation (WI) might reduce the level of bacterial...

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Autores principales: Ambe, Peter C., Rombey, Tanja, Rembe, Julian-Dario, Dörner, Johannes, Zirngibl, Hubert, Pieper, Dawid
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7756962/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33353558
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13037-020-00274-2