The Benefits of a Wound Protector in Preventing Incisional Surgical Site Infection in Elective Open Digestive Surgery: A Large-Scale Cohort Study

Keita Itatsu,Yukihiro Yokoyama,Gen Sugawara,Satoaki Kamiya,Masaki Terasaki,Atsushi Morioka,Shinsuke Iyomasa,Kazuhisa Shirai,Masahiko Ando,Masato Nagino

The Benefits of a Wound Protector in Preventing Incisional Surgical Site Infection in Elective Open Digestive Surgery: A Large-Scale Cohort Study

2017

Keita Itatsu
Yukihiro Yokoyama
Gen Sugawara
Satoaki Kamiya
Masaki Terasaki
Atsushi Morioka
Shinsuke Iyomasa
Kazuhisa Shirai
Masahiko Ando
Masato Nagino

Background The objective of this study was to evaluate the benefits of wound protectors (WPs) in preventing incisional surgical site infection (I-SSI) in open elective digestive surgery using data from a large-scale, multi-institutional cohort study.

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General surgery
Elective Surgical Procedure
Body mass index
Surgery
Retrospective cohort study
Cohort study
Rectum
Medicine
Cardiothoracic surgery
Vascular surgery
Cardiac surgery
Abdominal surgery

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