The importance of vacuum therapy in the treatment of sternal osteomyelitis form the plastic surgeons point of view;Der stellenwert der V.A.C.®-therapie in der plastischen deckung von fortgeschrittenen sternumosteomyelitiden

Zentralblatt fur Chirurgie, Supplement

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Loos, Bernd ^a   Kopp, J ^b   Kneser, U ^b   Weyand, M ^b   Horch, R E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Plastic reconstruction; Sternal osteomyelitis; Tissue transfer; Vacuum therapy; Wound conditioning

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DEBRIDEMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION; OSTEOMYELITIS; PLASTIC SURGERY; STERNOTOMY; STERNUM; VACUUM; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; OSTEOMYELITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE CARE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STERNUM; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; VACUUM; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33646262342     PISSN: 02331616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-921425     Document Type: Conference Paper

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