Infectious complications after reimplantation of bone flaps in patients who underwent decompressive craniectomy

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 105-106

  Schulz Stübner, Sebastian ^a,e   Rossaint, Rolf ^c,d   Dettenkofer, Markus ^b   Thiex, Ruth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Beratungszentrum für Hygiene ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMIKACIN; NEOMYCIN;

AUTOCLAVE; BONE GRAFT; CRANIECTOMY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FREEZING; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION RATE; LETTER; REIMPLANTATION; STORAGE; STORAGE TEMPERATURE;

CRANIOTOMY; DATA COLLECTION; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; HUMANS; INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 57749120560     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/592701     Document Type: Letter

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