Poststernotomy mediastinitis: Comparison of two treatment modalities

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 555-560

  Segers, Patrique ^a   De Jong, Antonius P ^a   Kloek, Jaap J ^a   De Mol, Bas A J M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Mediastinitis; Negative pressure; Retrospective; Topical

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOPICAL NEGATIVE PRESSURE THERAPY; TREATMENT FAILURE; WOUND CARE;

EID: 28544438328     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2005.112714     Document Type: Review

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