Treatment of infected median sternotomy wounds with a myocutaneous latissimus dorsi muscle flap

Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-39

  Fansa, Hisham ^a   Handstein, Steffen ^a   Schneider, Wolfgang ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decreased hospitalization; Infected median sternotomy wound; Latissimus dorsi muscle flap; Muscle flap closure; Primary treatment; Rectus abdominis muscle flap; Reduced cost; Wound classification

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MUSCLE FLAP; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; REGIONAL PERFUSION; STERNOTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY MUSCLES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN; STERNUM; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; THORACOTOMY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0031881307     PISSN: 14017431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14017439850140328     Document Type: Article

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