Surgical management of infected pseudoaneurysms in intravenous drug abusers: Single institution experience and a proposed algorithm

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1830-1835

  Tan, Ker Kan ^a   Chen, Kenneth ^a   Chia, Kok Hoong ^a   Lee, Chee Wei ^a   Nalachandran, Sanjay ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPRENORPHINE;

ADULT; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRACHIAL ARTERY; BYPASS SURGERY; CLAUDICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; ISCHEMIA; LEG PAIN; LEG SWELLING; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPTICEMIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TOE GANGRENE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANEURYSM, FALSE; ANEURYSM, INFECTED; BRACHIAL ARTERY; BUPRENORPHINE; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCOTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 69049109709     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-009-0123-2     Document Type: Article

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