Management of intractable sternal wound infections with topical negative pressure dressing

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 218-222

  Lee, Su Shin ^a   Lin, Sin Daw ^a   Chen, Huai Min ^a   Lin, Tsai Ming ^a   Yang, Chin Chiang ^a   Lai, Chung Sheng ^a   Chen, Ying Fu ^a   Chiu, Chaw Chi ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEBRIDEMENT; FOLLOW UP; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; OSTEOMYELITIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; STERNUM; SURVIVAL RATE; TOPICAL NEGATIVE PRESSURE DRESSING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WOUND CARE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRESSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STERNUM; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TAIWAN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 18744377189     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2005.200416.x     Document Type: Article

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