Salvage of infected prosthetic grafts of the great vessels via muscle flap reconstruction

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Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1040-1043

  Mitra, Amitabha ^a   Spears, Julie ^a   Perrotta, Vince ^a   McClurkin, James ^a   Mitra, Avir ^a,b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascending aorta; Bypass surgery; Great vessel infection; Infected graft; Muscle flap

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; POLITEF; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTA PROSTHESIS; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GREAT BLOOD VESSEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; LAVAGE; LUNG ARTERY; MALE; MUSCLE FLAP; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23744469812     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.128.2.1040     Document Type: Article

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