Periprosthesis sepsis: An undesirable complication of silicone gastric banding

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 211-214

  Lucchese, Marcello ^a,b   Alessio, Fabrizio ^a   Valerie, Andrea ^a   Cantelli, Giovanni ^a   Venneri, Francesco ^a   Borrelli, Domenico ^a  

^a CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Dept of Gen and Vascular Surgery ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Gastric banding; Laparoscopy; Morbid obesity; Sepsis; Surgical complication

Indexed keywords

SILICONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MORBID OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FISTULA; STOMACH SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; CUTANEOUS FISTULA; FEMALE; GASTROPLASTY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; OBESITY, MORBID; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; REOPERATION; SEPSIS; SILICONES; SUPPURATION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0031865580     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/096089298765554836     Document Type: Article

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