Abstract
In a retrospective study postoperative septic complications were evaluated in 140 insulin-dependent diabetic patients who underwent surgery. The data collected were matched with those of a group of non-diabetic patients, homogeneous for sex, age, and type of surgical procedure. Patients of each group were further divided into 3 subgroups according to the risk of intraoperative contamination (clean-, clean-contaminated, and contaminated procedures). Diabetic patients had a significantly (p
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 49-54 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Acta Diabetologica Latina |
Volume | 25 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jan 1988 |
Keywords
- Diabetes
- Septic complications
- Surgery
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Internal Medicine
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
- Endocrinology