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Postoperative Complications

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Which of the following factors does not alter the rate of wound infection in clean surgical incisions?

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Pickleman, J. (1982). Postoperative Complications. In: Problems in General Surgery. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1755-6_10

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