Use of cryopreserved femoral vein for in situ replacement of infected femorofemoral prosthetic artery bypass

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 74-78

  Dosluoglu, Hasan H ^a,c   Kittredge, Jonathan ^b   Cherr, Gregory S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c VA WESTERN NEW YORK HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryopreserved bypass; Extraanatomic bypass; Femorofemoral bypass; Graft infection; In situ replacement

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; POLITEF;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTERY BYPASS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; BYPASS SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; GRAFT INFECTION; HUMAN; LEG ISCHEMIA; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POLITEF IMPLANT; PROSTHESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; WOUND CARE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CRYOPRESERVATION; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; GROIN; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 38649100300     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1538574407308204     Document Type: Article

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