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Source Control

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The management of a child with a surgical infection does not differ from that of an adult. What makes the philosophy of source control in pediatric surgery considerably different is the approach to the newborn, in particular the premature infant.

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  1. Wojciech J. Górecki
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  1. Department of Surgery Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 1650 Selwyn Avenue 4th Floor, Suite 4F, Bronx, NY, 10457, USA

    Moshe Schein (Professor of Surgery) (Professor of Surgery)

  2. Eaton North 9–234 Toronto General Hospital University Health Network, 200 Elizabeth Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2C4, Canada

    John C. Marshall (Professor of Surgery) (Professor of Surgery)

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Górecki, W.J. (2003). Invited Commentary. In: Schein, M., Marshall, J.C. (eds) Source Control. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55914-3_73

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