Differences in risk factors for surgical site infection between laparotomy and laparoscopy in gastrointestinal surgery.

Extensive gastrointestinal surgery surveillance data in Japan were analyzed to examine the differences in the risk factors for surgical site infection (SSI) between laparotomy and laparoscopic abdominal procedures. Surgical procedures investigated in the study were gastrectomy, cholecystectomy, cole...

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Main Authors: Momoe Utsumi, Terumasa Yamada, Kazuo Yamabe, Yoshiteru Katsura, Nariaki Fukuchi, Hiroki Fukunaga, Masahiro Tanemura, Junzo Shimizu, Yoshinori Kagawa, Shogo Kobayashi, Hidekazu Takahashi, Koji Tanaka, Tsunekazu Mizushima, Hidetoshi Eguchi, Nana Nakayama, Kiyoko Makimoto, Yuichiro Doki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0274887