Clinical outcome of patients with deep sternal wound infection managed by vacuum-assisted closure compared to conventional therapy with open packing: A retrospective analysis

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 526-531

  Fuchs, Uwe ^a,b   Zittermann, Armin ^a   Stuettgen, Benjamin ^a   Groening, Arndt ^b   Minami, Kazutomo ^a   Koerfer, Reiner ^a  

^a Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery ^*  (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNUM; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STERNUM; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM CURETTAGE;

EID: 13244296854     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.08.032     Document Type: Article

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