Predictors of Prosthetic Graft Infection after Infrainguinal Bypass

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 208, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 557-561

  Brothers, Thomas E ^a   Robison, Jacob G ^a   Elliott, Bruce M ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY BYPASS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GANGRENE; GRAFT INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPLANTATION; INFECTION RISK; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEG AMPUTATION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AGED; AMPUTATION; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INGUINAL CANAL; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 62349117168     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2009.01.001     Document Type: Article

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