Surgical-site infection risk in oncologic digestive surgery

Surgical-site infection (SSI) is the most prevalent type of hospital infection in surgical patients and is associated with an increase in hospital stay, costs and morbidity/lethality. The knowledge of the main risk factors for this type of infection is important for the establishment of prevention m...

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Main Authors: Paulo de Tarso Oliveira e Castro, André Lopes Carvalho, Stela Verzinhasse Peres, Milene Mitsuyuki Foschini, Afonso Dinis Costa Passos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702011000200003&lng=en&tlng=en