Mesh graft infection following abdominal hernia repair: Risk factor evaluation and strategies of mesh graft preservation. A retrospective analysis of 476 operations

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1702-1709

  Stremitzer, Stefan ^a   Bachleitner Hofmann, Thomas ^a   Gradl, Bernhard ^a   Gruenbeck, Matthias ^a   Bachleitner Hofmann, Barbara ^a   Mittlboeck, Martina ^a   Bergmann, Michael ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL INFECTION; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE;

AGED; FEMALE; HERNIA, ABDOMINAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL MESH; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 77955470366     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-010-0543-z     Document Type: Article

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