Abstract | BACKGROUND: METHODS: A prospective evaluation was conducted of 141 morbidly obese patients undergoing bariatric (n=60) and non-bariatric elective general surgery operation of similar invasiveness (n=81) with the ASEPSIS wound surveillance method. RESULTS: CONCLUSION:
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Authors | Serdar Topaloglu, Fatih M Avsar, Hakan Ozel, Merve Babacan, Huseyin Berkem, Yigit Yildiz, Suleyman Hengirmen |
Journal | Obesity surgery
(Obes Surg)
Vol. 15
Issue 9
Pg. 1271-6
(Oct 2005)
ISSN: 0960-8923 [Print] United States |
PMID | 16259885
(Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Adult
- Aged
- Bariatric Surgery
- Body Mass Index
- Elective Surgical Procedures
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Obesity, Morbid
(surgery)
- Risk Factors
- Surgical Wound Infection
(microbiology)
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