AMS 800® artificial sphincter: An unusual case of circumscribed peritonitis due to prosthethic reservoir infection

Archivos Espanoles de Urologia

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 412-415

  De Stefani, Stefano ^a,b   Liguori, Giovanni ^a   Ciampalini, Sandro ^a   Belgrano, Emanuele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Circumscribed peritonitis; Genitourinary prostheses; Infection

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER SPHINCTER PROSTHESIS; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PERITONITIS; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; MALE; PERITONITIS; URINARY INCONTINENCE; URINARY SPHINCTER, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 0033125811     PISSN: 00040614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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