CORR Insights®: High Risk of Surgical Glove Perforation From Surgical Rotatory Instruments
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Surgical glove perforation and the risk of surgical site infection.
HYPOTHESIS Clinically apparent surgical glove perforation increases the risk of surgical site infection (SSI). DESIGN Prospective observational cohort study. SETTING University Hospital Basel, with an average of 28,000 surgical interventions per year. PARTICIPANTS Consecutive series of 4147 surgical procedures performed in the Visceral Surgery, Vascular Surgery, and Traumatology divisions...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Orthopaedics & Related Research
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0009-921X
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-016-5004-z