Radical debridement and omental transposition for post sternotomy mediastinitis

Vascular

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 415-418

  D'udekem, Y ^a   Lengele, B ^a   Noirhomme, P ^a   el Khoury, G ^a   Vanwijck, R ^a   Rubay, J E ^a   Dion, R ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

omentoplasty; post sternotomy mediastinitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; OMENTUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOTOMY;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MIDDLE AGED; OMENTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STERNUM; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0031709363     PISSN: 17085381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096721099800600418     Document Type: Article

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