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Preoperative Surgical Site Hair Removal for Elective Abdominal Surgery: Does It Have Impact on Surgical Site Infection

Introduction  Postoperative surgical site infection (SSI) forms the major burden of nosocomial infections in surgical patients. There is prevalent practice of surgical site hair shaving as a part of preoperative preparation. There is uncertainty regarding the benefit versus harm of shaving for SSIs....

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Autores principales: Dhamnaskar, Suchin, Mandal, Sumit, Koranne, Mandar, Patil, Pratik
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2022
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9345678/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35928549
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0042-1749425