Efficacy of subcutaneous penrose drains for surgical site infections in colorectal surgery

• 作 者: Shinya Imada Shingo Noura Masa
• 机 构: DepartmentofSurgery
• 出 处: 世界胃肠外科杂志：英文版（电子版）
• 发表日期: 2013年4期
• 关键词: SURGICAL site INFECTIONS SUBCUTANEOUS penrose DRAINS COLORECTAL SURGERY Open SUR
• 基金项目: Supported by Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases

AIM: To investigate whether a subcutaneous penrose drain would decrease the superficial surgical site infection (s-SSI) rate in elective colorectal surgery. METHODS: This is a comparative study of the historical control type. Intervention consisted of the