Vacuum-assisted closure for the treatment of cervical and mediastinal necrotizing fasciitis

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 336-338

  Oczenski, Wolfgang ^a,c   Waldenberger, Ferdinand ^a   Nehrer, Greta ^a   Kneifel, Werner ^a   Swoboda, Herwig ^a   Schwarz, Sylvia ^a,b   Fitzgerald, Robert D ^a,b  

^a GENERAL HOSPITAL LINZ   (Austria)

^b LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^c City of Vienna Hospital Lainz   (Austria)

Author keywords

complications; infections; mediastinitis; necrotizing fasciitis; sepsis; vacuum assisted closure; wound treatment

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPHAGIA; FEVER; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; NECK; NECK PAIN; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SKIN GRAFT; STERNOTOMY; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONSILLECTOMY;

ADULT; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; NECK; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; REOPERATION; SUCTION; THORACOTOMY; VACUUM;

EID: 3042513518     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2004.03.016     Document Type: Article

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