Management of Early Groin Vascular Bypass Graft Infections with Sartorius and Rectus Femoris Flaps

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-53

  Colwell, Amy S ^a   Donaldson, Magruder C ^a   Belkin, Michael ^a   Orgill, Dennis P ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; BYPASS SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DEVICE; EXCISION; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; GRAFT INFECTION; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; MALE; MUSCLE FLAP; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; NECROSIS; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SARTORIUS MUSCLE; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL WOUND; VACUUM; WOUND CARE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; GROIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR DISEASES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0346964564     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000099960.68038.53     Document Type: Review

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