Early treatment of sternal wound infections with vacuum assisted closure therapy reduces involvement of the mediastinum and further diminishes the need of plastic reconstructive surgery;Frühzeitiger einsatz des V.A.C.®-systems bei sternalen wundinfektionen verhindert die ausbreitung der infektion auf das mediastinum und reduziert die notwendigkeit plastisch chirurgischer eingriffe

Zentralblatt fur Chirurgie, Supplement

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Fleck, Tatiana ^a   Moidl, R ^a   Giovanoli, P ^a   Wolner, E ^a   Grabenwoger, M ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEBRIDEMENT; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDIASTINUM; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STERNOTOMY; STERNUM; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE THERAPY; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; DEBRIDEMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCOMPUTERS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; REOPERATION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STERNUM; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SURGICAL SPONGES; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 2642552190     PISSN: 02331616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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