Deep wound infection after vagus nerve stimulator implantation: Treatment without removal of the device

Epilepsia

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 133-135

  Ortler, Martin ^a   Luef, Gerhard ^a   Kofler, Alexandra ^a   Bauer, Gerhard ^a   Twerdy, Klaus ^a  

^a Universitatsklinik fur Neurochirurgie Innsbruck   (Austria)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Epilepsy surgery; Neurocybernetic prosthesis; Vagus nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFMENOXIME; FOSFOMYCIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CAROTID SINUS; CASE REPORT; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DEBRIDEMENT; DEVICE; ELECTRODE; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DEVICE REMOVAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EPILEPSY; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0035116161     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2001.23800.x     Document Type: Article

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