Successful treatment of deep sternal infections following open heart surgery by bilateral pectoralis major flaps

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 218-223

  Klesius, Armin Alex ^a   Dzemali, Omer ^a   Simon, Andreas ^a   Kleine, Peter ^a   Abdel Rahman, Ulf ^a   Herzog, Christopher ^a   Wimmer Greinecker, Gerhard ^a   Moritz, Anton ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Open heart surgery; Pectoralis flaps; Sternum infection; Wound treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; ESTHETICS; EXHALATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INHALATION; JOINT MOBILITY; LEISURE; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MUSCLE FLAP; NECROSIS; OBESITY; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; STERNOTOMY; STERNUM; STERNUM NECROSIS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; STERNOCLAVICULAR JOINT; STERNUM; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1642452804     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2003.11.019     Document Type: Article

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