A cohort study to evaluate infection prevention protocol in pediatric trauma patients with blunt splenic injury in a Dutch level 1 trauma center

Roy SpijkermanDepartment of Surgery, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands, [email protected]Correspondence[email protected]

Michel PJ TeubenDepartment of Surgery, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands, [email protected]

Falco HietbrinkDepartment of Surgery, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands, [email protected]

William LM KramerDepartment of Surgery, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands, [email protected]

Luke PH LeenenDepartment of Surgery, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands, [email protected]

Pages 1607-1617 | Published online: 28 Aug 2018

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