A very late-onset deep infection after prosthetic inguinal hernia repair

Chirurgia (Romania)

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 555-557

  Genc, V ^a   Ensari, C ^b   Ergul, Z ^b   Kulacoglu, H ^b  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Diskapi Teaching and Research Hospital ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Deep infection; Inguinal hernia; Late infection; Mesh; Mesh removal

Indexed keywords

POLYPROPYLENE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INFECTION; INGUINAL HERNIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL INFECTION; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DRAINAGE;

AGED; BACTEREMIA; DRAINAGE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; MALE; POLYPROPYLENES; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL MESH; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84874049472     PISSN: 12219118     EISSN: 1842368X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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