The Management of Mycotic Femoral Pseudoaneurysms in Intravenous Drug Abusers

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 345-349

  Peirce, Colin ^a   Coffey, J C ^a   O'Grady, Helen ^a   Aly, Sayed ^a   O'Malley, Kevin ^a   O'Donohoe, Martin ^a  

^a MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; THROMBIN;

ADULT; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTERY PUNCTURE; ARTICLE; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INGUINAL REGION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOTIC ANEURYSM; MYCOTIC FEMORAL PSEUDOANEURYSM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL WOUND; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TISSUE NECROSIS;

ADULT; AMPUTATION; ANEURYSM, FALSE; ANEURYSM, INFECTED; DEBRIDEMENT; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; IRELAND; LIGATION; MALE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; THROMBIN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; URBAN HEALTH; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 67349210419     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2008.08.013     Document Type: Article

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