Institutional report - Cardiac general: A conclusion from the first 125 patients treated with the vacuum assisted closure system for postoperative sternal wound infection

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 145-148

  Fleck, Tatjana ^a   Moidl, Reinhard ^b   Giovanoli, Pietro ^a   Aszmann, Oscar ^a   Bartunek, Anna ^a   Blacky, Alexander ^a   Grabenwoger, Martin ^b   Wolner, Ernst ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Hietzing Hospital   (Austria)

Author keywords

Recurrence of infection; Secondary closure; Sternal wound infection; Vacuum assisted closure

Indexed keywords

BONE DESTRUCTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSENSUS; DEBRIDEMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MUSCLE FLAP; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; STERNUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 33645541014     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2005.122804     Document Type: Conference Paper

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