Length of preoperative hospital stay: a risk factor for reducing surgical infection in femoral fracture cases

Length of preoperative hospital stay: a risk factor for reducing surgical infection in femoral fracture cases

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To analyze infections of the surgical site among patients undergoing clean-wound surgery for correction of femoral fractures. METHODS: This was a historical cohort study developed in a large-sized hospital in Belo Horizonte. Data covering the period from July 2007 to July 2009...

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Main Authors: Hoberdan Oliveira Pereira, Edna Maria Rezende, Bráulio Roberto Gonçalves Marinho Couto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia 2015-12-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia
Subjects:
Infecção da ferida operatória
Fraturas do fêmur
Fatores de risco
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