The vacuum-assisted closure system for the treatment of deep sternal wound infections after cardiac surgery

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1596-1600

  Fleck, Tatjana M ^a   Fleck, Michael ^a   Moidl, Reinhard ^a   Czerny, Martin ^a   Koller, Rupert ^a   Giovanoli, Pietro ^a   Hiesmayer, Michael J ^a   Zimpfer, Daniel ^a   Wolner, Ernst ^a   Grabenwoger, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEBRIDEMENT; DEVICE; FEMALE; GRANULATION TISSUE; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MUSCLE FLAP; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; STERNUM; SUCTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; STERNUM; SUCTION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0036840549     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)03948-6     Document Type: Article

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