The use of a sump antibiotic irrigation system to save infected hardware in a patient with a vagal nerve stimulator: Technical note

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 48-49

  Liechty, Peter G ^a   Tubbs, R Shane ^a   Blount, Jeffrey P ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Cranial nerve; Neck; Neurosurgery; Peripheral nerve; Seizures; Treatment; Wound

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER; DEVICE INFECTION; ELECTRIC BATTERY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 29344451692     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2005.04.045     Document Type: Article

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