Interest of Negative Pressure Therapy in the Treatment of Postoperative Sepsis in Cardiovascular Surgery

Wounds

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 82-87

  Giovannini, Uberto M ^a,c   Demaria, Roland G ^b   Teot, Luc ^a  

^a Dept Burns Plast Surg CHU M ^*  (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

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EID: 0347603136     PISSN: 10447946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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