Vacuum assisted wound closure in postoperative periprosthetic groin infections: A new gold standard?

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 477-483

  Domingos Hadamitzky, C ^a   Schulte, S ^a   Horsch, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Infections; Postoperative complications; Vacuum assisted closure; Wound infection

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; SULBACTAM;

ADULT; AGED; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DACRON IMPLANT; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INGUINAL FLAP; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; REIMPLANTATION; SARTORIUS MUSCLE; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GROIN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 35848966139     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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