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We conducted a prospective survey of 2 663 surgical patients in a Japanese teaching hospital to look for any risk factors predisposing to surgical site infection (SSI) other than the National Nosocomial Infection Surveillance (NNIS) System risk indices; namely, performance status, operative time, wound classification, and endoscopic use.
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Department of Surgery, Shimonoseki City Hospital, 1-13-1 Koyo-cho, Shimonoseki, 750-8520, Japan.
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