Management of aortic graft infection

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 209-215

  Ten Raa, S ^a   Van Sambeek, M R H M ^a   Hagenaars, T ^a   Van Urk, H ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blood vessel prosthesis; Postoperative complications; Prosthesis related infections, diagnosis; Prosthesis related infections, surgery

Indexed keywords

RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA GRAFT; AORTA SURGERY; ARTICLE; BYPASS SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAFT OCCLUSION; GRAFT PATENCY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; PAIN; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REOPERATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036234041     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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