Results from the first in man german pilot study of the silver graft, a vascular graft impregnated with metallic silver

Vascular

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 190-196

  Zegelman, Max ^a,g   Guenther, Gisela ^a   Florek, Hans Joachim ^b   Orend, Karl Heinz ^c   Zuehlke, Helmut ^d   Liewald, Florian ^e   Storck, Martin ^f  

^a KRANKENHAUS NORDWEST   (Germany)

^b ACADEMIC TEACHING HOSPITAL DRESDEN FRIEDRICHSTADT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^d Ev Krankenhaus der Paul Gerhardt Stiftung   (Germany)

^e KLINIKUM ESSLINGEN   (Germany)

^f STÄDTISCHES KLINIKUM KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^g Northwest Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Graft; Infrainguinal; Inguinal; Reconstruction; Silver; Vascular

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; METAL; SILVER;

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BODY TEMPERATURE DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; BODY TEMPERATURE; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; INGUINAL CANAL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; SILVER; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 70350393928     PISSN: 17085381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/6670.2009.00034     Document Type: Article

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