Relevance of Subcutaneous Fat Thickness as a Risk Factor for Surgical Site Infections in Abdominal Surgeries

Introduction Incisional surgical site infection is an important cause of postoperative morbidity which results in extended hospital stay and may result in future incisional hernia. We intended to evaluate the thickness of subcutaneous fat with a cut-off value of 2.5cm as a risk factor in causing sur...

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Autores principales: Teppa, Ravikumar, Sude, Nandkishor Sopanrao, Karanam, Venkata Pavan Kumar, Mallipudi, Bhaskara Veera Prasad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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General Surgery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8729314/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35004090
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.20946

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8729314/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35004090
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.20946

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