Surgical Adhesive Drape (IO-ban) as Postoperative Surgical Site Dressing
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Surgical Adhesive Drape (IO-ban) as Postoperative Surgical Site Dressing.
STUDY DESIGN Retrospective chart analysis. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study is to describe the senior author's (MNN) experience applying a widely available surgical drape as a postoperative sterile surgical site dressing for both cranial and spinal procedures. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Surgical site infection (SSI) is an important complication of spine surgery that can result in signi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cureus
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2168-8184
DOI: 10.7759/cureus.394