Bacterial and clinical criteria relating to the outcome of patients undergoing in situ replacement of infected abdominal aortic grafts

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 127-133

  Speziale, F ^a   Rizzo, L ^a   Sbarigia, E ^a   Giannoni, M F ^a   Massucci, M ^a   Maraglino, C ^a   Santoro, E ^a   Fiorani, P ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aortic graft; Graft sepsis; In situ replacement

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DACRON;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS DEHISCENCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTA GRAFT; AORTOFEMORAL BYPASS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HEART INFARCTION; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTIGRAPHY; SEPSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030898469     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1078-5884(97)80007-X     Document Type: Article

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