Hemodynamic effects of the vacuum-assisted closure device on open mediastinal wounds

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 209-213

  Conquest, Anne M ^a,c   Garofalo, James H ^b   Maziarz, David M ^a   Mendelson, Kim G ^a   Sun, You Su ^a   Wooden, William A ^a   Meadows, William M ^a   Nifong, Wiley ^a   Chitwood Jr , W Randolph ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Open mediastinal wounds; Post sternotomy wound infection; Vacuum assisted closure device

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART OUTPUT; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HEMODYNAMICS; MEASUREMENT; MEDIASTINUM; MONITORING; MUSCLE FLAP; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SWINE; TIME; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE DEVICE; WOUND;

EID: 0347694710     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-4804(03)00331-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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