In situ revascularisation with silver-coated polyester prostheses and arterial homografts in patients with aortic graft infection - A prospective, comparative, single-centre study

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-67

  Pupka, A ^a   Skora, J ^a   Janczak, D ^a   Plonek, T ^a   Marczak, J ^a   Szydelko T ^a  

^a WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Arterial homograft; Immunosuppression; Infection; Prosthetic graft; Silver coated prosthesis

Indexed keywords

POLYESTER; SILVER; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA GRAFT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; REVASCULARIZATION; SCINTIGRAPHY; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

ACETATES; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; CYCLOSPORINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYESTERS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RECURRENCE; SILVER COMPOUNDS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 78650820859     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2010.10.005     Document Type: Article

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