Surgical Management of Vascular Graft Infection in Severely Ill Patients by Partial Resection of the Infected Prosthesis

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 610-613

  Mirzaie, M ^a   Schmitto, J D ^a   Tirilomis, T ^a   Fatehpur, S ^a   Liakopoulos, O J ^a   Teucher, N ^a   Dorge H ^a   Schondube F A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Prosthesis infection; Surgical management in severely ill patients; Vascular graft infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; SILVER;

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ANASTOMOSIS; ANEURYSM; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTA GRAFT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DACRON VASCULAR PROSTHESIS; DEATH; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; MATERIAL COATING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; RECURRENT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; COMORBIDITY; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE;

EID: 34047261846     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2006.11.042     Document Type: Article

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