Vacuum-assisted closure in the treatment of poststernotomy mediastinitis

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2358-2360

  Obdeijn, Miryam C ^a   De Lange, Marjoleine Y ^a   Lichtendahl, Dagna H E ^a   De Boer, Willem J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SUTURING METHOD; VACUUM;

EID: 0033390970     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01159-5     Document Type: Article

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