Management of early (<30 day) vascular groin infections using vacuum-assisted closure alone without muscle flap coverage in a consecutive patient series

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1160-1166

  Dosluoglu, Hasan H ^a,b   Loghmanee, Cyrus ^b   Lall, Purandath ^a   Cherr, Gregory S ^b   Harris, Linda M ^b   Dryjski, MacIej L ^b  

^a VA WESTERN NEW YORK HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOLLOW UP; GROIN INFECTION; HEALING; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS; REINFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT FAILURE; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; WOUND CARE; ANGIOPLASTY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; INGUINAL REGION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POPLITEAL ARTERY; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGERY; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; GROIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; POPLITEAL ARTERY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 77952312343     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.11.053     Document Type: Article

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