Arterial allograft allows in-line reconstruction of prosthetic graft infection with low recurrence rate and mortality

American Surgeon

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1000-1003

  Vardanian, Andrew J ^a   Chau, Anthony ^a   Quinones Baldrich, William ^a   Lawrence, Peter F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTERY RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; BYPASS SURGERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON PERFORATION; COMORBIDITY; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; CRYOPRESERVATION; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LIMB AMPUTATION; LIMB ISCHEMIA; MALE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REINFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIES; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; COHORT STUDIES; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70450250375     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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