Femoral artery to prosthetic graft anastomotic dehiscence owing to infection: Successful treatment with arterial reconstruction and limb salvage

Vascular

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 355-357

  Goldstein, Kenneth A ^a   Veith, Frank J ^a   Ohki, Takao ^a   Gargiulo III, Nicholas J ^a   Lipsitz, Evan C ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Infected graft; Skeletal traction for flexion contracture

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANASTOMOSIS DEHISCENCE; ARTERY RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; INFECTION; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; POLITEF IMPLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS;

AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CONTRACTURE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FOOT; GANGRENE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LEG; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; REOPERATION; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE;

EID: 33144460203     PISSN: 17085381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/6670.2005.00097     Document Type: Article

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