An Experimental Model to Determine the Effects of Adjuvant Therapy on the Incidence of Postoperative Wound Infection
Ariyan S, Marfuggi R, Harder G, Goodie M, Schobinger R. An Experimental Model to Determine the Effects of Adjuvant Therapy on the Incidence of Postoperative Wound Infection. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery 1980, 65: 328-337. PMID: 6766558, DOI: 10.1097/00006534-198003000-00009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPreoperative radiationDose of radiationPostoperative wound infectionQuantitative bacterial countsRate of infectionAdjuvant therapyPostoperative radiationDoses of radiationSurgical infectionsWound infectionSurgical woundsNeck areaS. aureus organismsVirulent organismsNormal tissuesExperimental modelTissue resistanceInfectionRatsWoundsDoseDosesBacterial contaminationBacterial countsTissue