Arterial allografts in treating aortic graft infections: Something old, something new

Seminars in Vascular Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 227-233

  Vogt, Paul R ^a  

^a Cardiovascular Centre Zurich   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ALLOGRAFT; AORTA GRAFT; AORTA PROSTHESIS; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CRYOPRESERVATION; EXPLANT; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAFT PRESERVATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MYCOTIC ANEURYSM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SEPSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; VEIN GRAFT; WOUND CLOSURE; XENOGRAFT;

AORTA; ARTERIES; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CROSS INFECTION; CRYOPRESERVATION; DEVICE REMOVAL; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84855478063     PISSN: 08957967     EISSN: 15584518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semvascsurg.2011.10.008     Document Type: Article

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