Negative pressure wound therapy to treat peri-prosthetic methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus infection after incisional herniorrhaphy. A case study and literature review

Ostomy Wound Management

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 52-54

  Steenvoorde, Pascal ^a   De Roo, Ronald A ^b   Oskam, Jaques ^b   Neijenhuis, Peter ^b  

^a RIJNLAND HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Incisional hernia; Infection; Laparotomy; MRSA; Prosthetic mesh; Vacuum assisted therapy

Indexed keywords

AGED; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REOPERATION; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SUCTION; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL INFECTION; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UMBILICAL HERNIA; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND HEALING;

AGED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HERNIA, UMBILICAL; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REOPERATION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUCTION; SURGICAL MESH; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33645641534     PISSN: 08895899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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