Vacuum Assisted Closure® therapy in the treatment of mesh infection after hernia repair

Surgeon

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 316-318

  Tamhankar, A P ^a   Ravi, K ^a   Everitt, N J ^a  

^a CHESTERFIELD ROYAL HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

hernia; infection; surgical mesh; vacuum assisted closure

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL INFECTION; VACUUM;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HERNIA, ABDOMINAL; HUMANS; MALE; SURGICAL MESH; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; VACUUM;

EID: 71249099231     PISSN: 1479666X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1479-666X(09)80010-3     Document Type: Article

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