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Surgical Site Infection Rates Following Laparoscopic Urological Procedures

Arvin K. George, Arun K. Srinivasan, Jane Cho, Mostafa Sadek, Louis R. Kavoussi

The Journal of Urology · 2011 · 26 citations · 15 references

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Abstract

Surgical site infection is an infrequent complication following laparoscopic surgery with the majority occurring at the specimen extraction site. Infection is associated with prolonged operative time and increasing body mass index.

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Laparoscopic Versus Open Radical Prostatectomy: A Comparative Study at a Single Institution

Jens Rassweiler, Othmar Seemann, Michael Schulze et al. · The Journal of Urology · 2003 · 405 citations