Analysis of Surgical Site Infection after Musculoskeletal Tumor Surgery: Risk Assessment Using a New Scoring System

Analysis of Surgical Site Infection after Musculoskeletal Tumor Surgery: Risk Assessment Using a New Scoring System

Surgical site infection (SSI) has not been extensively studied in musculoskeletal tumors (MST) owing to the rarity of the disease. We analyzed incidence and risk factors of SSI in MST. SSI incidence was evaluated in consecutive 457 MST cases (benign, 310 cases and malignant, 147 cases) treated at ou...

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Main Authors: Satoshi Nagano, Masahiro Yokouchi, Takao Setoguchi, Hiromi Sasaki, Hirofumi Shimada, Ichiro Kawamura, Yasuhiro Ishidou, Junichi Kamizono, Takuya Yamamoto, Hideki Kawamura, Setsuro Komiya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Sarcoma
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/645496

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/645496

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