Cost effectiveness of V.A.C.® therapy after poststernotomy mediastinitis;Kosteneffektivität der V.A.C.®-therapie nach poststernotomie mediastinitis

Zentralblatt fur Chirurgie, Supplement

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Moidl, Reinhard ^a   Fleck, T ^a   Giovanoli, P ^a   Grabenwoger M ^a   Wolner, E ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness after cardiac surgery; Poststernotomy mediastinits; V.A.C. therapy

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDIASTINITIS; MUSCLE FLAP; STERNOTOMY; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRITICAL CARE; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; OSTEOMYELITIS; OSTEOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; REOPERATION; STERNUM; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; VACUUM;

EID: 33646252042     PISSN: 02331616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-921492     Document Type: Conference Paper

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