Baclofen pump pocket infection: A case report of successful salvage with muscle flap

International Wound Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-28

  Atiyeh, Bishara S ^a   Hayek, Shady N ^a   Skaf, Ghassan S ^a   Araj, Ali Al ^a   Chamoun, Roukoz B ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Baclofen pump pocket infection; Muscle flap; Prosthetic salvage

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; BACLOFEN; TAGOCID; TEICOPLANIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEVICE INFECTION; DRUG RESPONSE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE FLAP; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUMP POCKET INFECTION; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; RECURRENT INFECTION; SKIN; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; BACLOFEN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INFUSION PUMPS, IMPLANTABLE; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MALE; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALVAGE THERAPY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645702945     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4801.2006.00179.x     Document Type: Article

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