Surgical site infection after hysterectomy.

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Published in Am J Obstet Gynecol on June 13, 2013

Authors

AeuMuro Gashaw Lake1, Alexandra M McPencow, Madeline A Dick-Biascoechea, Deanna K Martin, Elisabeth A Erekson

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.

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