Does antiseptic washout reduce penile prosthesis infection following revision surgery?

Nature Clinical Practice Urology

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 222-223

  Montague, Drogo K ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Infection; Penile prosthesis; Revision; Washout

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; GENTAMICIN; PEROXIDE; POVIDONE IODINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PENIS PROSTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; REOPERATION; SHORT SURVEY; SURVIVAL;

EID: 20444478751     PISSN: 17434270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpuro0180     Document Type: Short Survey

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