Deep sternal wound infection after cardiac surgery: Modality of treatment and outcome

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 957-961

  Immer, Franz F ^a   Durrer, Martina ^b   Mühlemann, Kathrin S ^b   Erni, Dominique ^b   Gahl, Brigitta ^b   Carrel, Thierry P ^b  

^a BERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHORT FORM 36; STERNUM; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND INFECTION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STERNUM; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SWITZERLAND; TREATMENT FAILURE; VACUUM;

EID: 23944471153     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.03.035     Document Type: Article

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