Wound infection after reconstructive arterial surgery of the lower limbs: Risk factors and consequences

Surgeon

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 245-248

  O'Brien, Rachel ^a   Pocock, Nicholas ^a   Torella, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Peripheral vascular disease; Vein grafts; Wound infection

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL INFECTION; TRANSPLANTATION; VASCULAR SURGERY; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIES; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VEINS;

EID: 80051686934     PISSN: 1479666X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surge.2010.10.005     Document Type: Article

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