Behaviours and rituals in the operating theatre

A Five-Year Prospective Study of 23,649 Surgical Wounds

Peter Cruse · Archives of Surgery · 1973 · 1K citations

Veterinary Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery, Surgery +14

Wound infections after preoperative depilatory versus razor preparation

Richard Seropian, BENEDICT M. REYNOLDS · The American Journal of Surgery · 1971 · 358 citations

Medicine, Perioperative Medicine, Surgery +12

The Influence of Hair-Removal Methods on Wound Infections

J. Wesley Alexander · Archives of Surgery · 1983 · 342 citations

Medicine, Surgery, Infection Prevention +13

Relation of the Inanimate Hospital Environment to Endemic Nosocomial Infection

Dennis G. Maki, Carla J. Alvarado, Carol A. Hassemer et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1982 · 258 citations

Life Sciences, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology +17

Postoperative wound infections and surgical face masks: A controlled study

Th. Göran Tunevall · World Journal of Surgery · 1991 · 197 citations

Medicine, Perioperative Medicine, Surgery +14