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Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery
Published in: Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery 4/2013

01-04-2013 | Letter to the editor

Response: don’t give up on wound protectors yet

Authors: J. C. Lauscher, M. E. Kreis

Published in: Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery | Issue 4/2013

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Excerpt

We appreciate Professor Slim’s comments on our recently published randomized controlled trial on the effect of wound protectors (ring drapes) in laparoscopic colorectal surgery [1]. Professor Slim holds the opinion that the REDWIL trial does not provide any evidence to abandon wound protectors because the projected recruitment figure was not reached; however, there is no conclusive evidence to use them from previous studies, either. …
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Metadata
Title
Response: don’t give up on wound protectors yet
Authors
J. C. Lauscher
M. E. Kreis
Publication date
01-04-2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery / Issue 4/2013
Print ISSN: 1435-2443
Electronic ISSN: 1435-2451
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00423-013-1067-4

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