The phenomenon of infection with abdominal wall reconstruction

Biomaterials

Volumn 28, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 2314-2327

  Engelsman, Anton F ^a   van der Mei, Henny C ^a   Ploeg, Rutger J ^a   Busscher, Henk J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Bacterial adhesion; Biofilm; Infection; Polypropylene; Polytetrafluorethylene

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIALS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SURGERY;

ABDOMEN; BACTERIAL ADHESION; INFECTION;

DISEASES;

BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; HERNIOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOFILMS; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; HERNIA, ABDOMINAL; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, ANATOMIC; POLYPROPYLENES; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL MESH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33847170462     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2007.01.028     Document Type: Review

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