Open AccessSurgical Site Infections and Cost in Obese Patients Undergoing Colorectal Surgery
Author(s) -
Elizabeth C. Wick
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
archives of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3644
pISSN - 0004-0010
DOI - 10.1001/archsurg.2011.117
Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , confidence interval , colectomy , diverticulitis , surgery , retrospective cohort study , colorectal surgery , risk factor , obesity , colorectal cancer , abdominal surgery , cancer
To measure the effect of obesity on surgical site infection (SSI) rates and to define the cost of SSIs in patients undergoing colorectal surgery.
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