Topical negative pressure therapy. A very useful new method to treat severe infected vascular approaches in the groin

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 757-761

  Demaria, Roland G ^a   Giovannini, U M ^b   Teot L ^b   Frapier, J M ^a   Albat, B ^a  

^a HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

^b LAPEYRONIE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Femoral artery; Groin; Vascular surgical procedures; Wound healing; Wound infection

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ENTEROCOCCUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; GRANULATION TISSUE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; KLEBSIELLA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPTIC SHOCK; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM; VASCULAR SURGERY; WOUND CARE; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; GROIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 1042303613     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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