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Chuard C, Waldvogel FA. Treatment of Infections Associated with Implanted Medical Devices. Surg Technol Int. 1991;73-78
Chuard, C., & Waldvogel, F. A. (1991). Treatment of Infections Associated with Implanted Medical Devices. Surgical technology international, 73-78.
Chuard, C, and Waldvogel, F A. "Treatment of Infections Associated with Implanted Medical Devices." Surgical technology international vol. (1991): 73-78.
Chuard C, Waldvogel FA. Treatment of Infections Associated with Implanted Medical Devices. Surg Technol Int. 1991 Nov;73-78. PMID: 28581587.
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Surg Technol Int. 1991 Nov;73-78.

Treatment of Infections Associated with Implanted Medical Devices.

Surgical technology international

C Chuard, F A Waldvogel

Affiliations

  1. Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine.
  2. Chief, Dept. of Medicine, University Hospital, Geneva, and Professor of Medicine, University of Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland.

PMID: 28581587

Abstract

The development of an infection in the vicinity of an implanted medical device is a dramatic event in many fields of surgery, especially cardiovascular, orthopedic and neurosurgery. The diagnosis of these infections is usually difficult and their treatment is always complex and represents a challenge for both surgeons and infectious diseases specialists. As foreign materials are used with increased frequency in modern medicine, this problem will probably remain a major one in the future despite the improvement of techniques and the use of new antibiotics. For patients, infection of a prosthetic device often means the loss of its function and. is sometimes associated with a high mortality.

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