Options for managing infected ascending aortic grafts

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 839-843

  LeMaire, Scott A ^a   Coselli, Joseph S ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; FIBRIN GLUE; GENTAMICIN; POVIDONE IODINE; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ALLOGRAFT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTA ARCH; AORTA GRAFT; ASCENDING AORTA; COMPOSITE GRAFT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DACRON VASCULAR PROSTHESIS; DEBRIDEMENT; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAFT REMOVAL; GRAFT REPLACEMENT; GRAFT SALVAGE; HUMAN; LAVAGE; OMENTUM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; RECURRENT INFECTION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; SYNTHETIC GRAFT; TISSUE FLAP; TISSUE GRAFT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; XENOGRAFT;

ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION;

EID: 34548851963     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.05.059     Document Type: Editorial

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