| Description |
1 online resource (375 pages) |
| Contents |
Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; Contributors; Treatment of Postoperative Infections in Hernia Surgery: Guidelines for Antibiotic Therapy-Microbes, Antibiotic Specificity, and Dosages; Historical Evolution of Asepsis and Antisepsis; Incidence and Epidemiology of Infection After External Abdominal Wall Herniorrhaphy; Classification of Mesh Infections After Abdominal Herniorrhaphy; Pathology of Infected Mesh; Prosthetic Materials and Their Interactions with Host Tissue; Processes Governing Bacterial Colonization of Biomaterials; Diagnosis of Postherniorrhaphy Infections |
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Infectious Complications Following Open Inguinal HerniorrhaphyDiagnosis and Management of Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernioplasty Infections; Treatment of Infections After Open Ventral Herniorrhaphy; Diagnosis and Treatment of Infections Related to Laparoscopic Incisional and Ventral Hernia Repair; Absorbable Mesh in Closure of Infected Abdominal Wall Defects; Bacterial Colonization of Implanted Devices; Postherniorrhaphy Mesh Infections: Microbiology and Treatment with Antibiotics; Utilization of Bioactive Prosthetic Materials for Hernia Repair in Infected Fields |
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Percutaneous Bacteriological Testing Before Mesh Reinsertion After a Wound InfectionPrevention; Index; Back Cover |
| Summary |
This title advocates new surgical practices that will allow the performance of mesh hernia surgery with virtually no infections. It considers the utilization of bio-active prosthetic materials for hernia repair in infected fields and the prevention of mesh infection during the operation |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Abdomen -- Surgery.
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Hernia -- Surgery.
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Abdomen -- Surgery
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Hernia -- Surgery
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781135523343 |
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1135523347 |
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