High-pressure suction drainage via a polyurethane foam in the management of poststernotomy Mediastinitis

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1891-1895

  Catarino, Pedro A ^a   Chamberlain, Martin H ^a   Wright, Neil C ^a   Black, Ed ^a   Campbell, Karen ^a   Robson, Desiree ^a   Pillai, Ravi G ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYURETHAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERBARISM; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOTOMY; SUCTION DRAINAGE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AGED; BANDAGES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYURETHANES; STERNUM; SUCTION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0034529352     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)02173-1     Document Type: Article

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