Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 46, Issue 1 , Pages 71-78 , July 2007

Selective application of sartorius muscle flaps and aggressive staged surgical debridement can influence long-term outcomes of complex prosthetic graft infections

Received 12 August 2006 ,Accepted 21 February 2007.

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 Competition of interest: none.

PII: S0741-5214(07)00349-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2007.02.058

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 46, Issue 1 , Pages 71-78 , July 2007

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