Treatment of Vagus Nerve Stimulator Pocket Infection without Removal of the Hardware
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00064203%3A_____%2F21%3A10425774" target="_blank" >RIV/00064203:_____/21:10425774 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11130/21:10425774
Result on the web
<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=47iWeQaKHe" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=47iWeQaKHe</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.14744/epilepsi.2020.48344" target="_blank" >10.14744/epilepsi.2020.48344</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Treatment of Vagus Nerve Stimulator Pocket Infection without Removal of the Hardware
Original language description
The management of postoperative pocket infections after vagus nerve stimulator implantation is challenging. Most patients present within four weeks after the implantation of the device and Staphylococcus aureus is the most common infecting agent. Standard medical practice involves the complete hardware removal and antibiotics to achieve long-term cure, with the subsequent reimplantation of the device. Attempts to treat these infections without the removal of the hardware led to high infection recurrence rates because of the formation of staphylococcal biofilms on the device. We present a case of vagus nerve stimulator infection treated successfully with a single surgical debridement of the infected wound and six weeks of antibiotic treatment, but without removing the hardware.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30103 - Neurosciences (including psychophysiology)
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Epilepsi [online]
ISSN
1300-7157
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
27
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
TR - TURKEY
Number of pages
4
Pages from-to
62-65
UT code for WoS article
000619039700010
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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