Stent Graft Infection and Protrusion Through the Skin: Clinical Considerations and Potential Medico-Legal Ramifications

Seminars in Dialysis

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 540-542

  Asif, Arif ^a   Gadalean, Florin ^b   Eid, Nadia ^a   Merrill, Donna ^a   Salman, Loay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Nephrology Associates of Central Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; STENT; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; ARM; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RENAL DIALYSIS; STENTS;

EID: 78049415031     PISSN: 08940959     EISSN: 1525139X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-139X.2010.00758.x     Document Type: Article

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