Vacuum-assisted wound closure of deep sternal infections in high-risk patients after cardiac surgery

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2205-2212

  Cowan, Kyle Northcote ^b   Teague, Laura ^b   Sue, Sammy C ^b   Mahoney, James L ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL INFECTION; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND CLOSURE;

AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STERNUM; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; VACUUM;

EID: 28344440119     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.04.005     Document Type: Article

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