Simplified treatment of postoperative mediastinitis

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 608-612

  Merrill, Walter H ^a,b   Akhter, Shahab A ^a   Wolf, Randall K ^a   Schneeberger, E William ^a   Flege Jr , John B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b 45267 0558 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE; CHONDRITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEBRIDEMENT; DRAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MUSCLE FLAP; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE; STERNUM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUBE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CANDIDIASIS; CHEST TUBES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEBRIDEMENT; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IRRIGATION; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STERNUM; SUCTION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 3242754149     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.02.089     Document Type: Article

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