The management of deep sternal wound infections using vacuum assisted closure™ (V.A.C.®) therapy

International Wound Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 273-280

  Fleck, Tatjana ^a   Gustafsson, Ronny ^b   Harding, Keith ^c   Ingemansson, Richard ^b   Lirtzman, Mitchell D ^d   Meites, Herbert L ^e   Moidl, Reinhard ^a   Price, Patricia ^c   Ritchie, Andrew ^f   Salazar, Jorge ^g   Sjögren, Johan ^b   Song, David H ^h   Sumpio, Bauer E ⁱ   Toursarkissian, Boulos ^g   Waldenberger, Ferdinand ^j   Wetzel Roth, Walter ^k  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Cardiovascular Institute of the South   (United States)

^e INTEGRIS BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

ⁱ YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j Hietzing Hospital   (Austria)

^k Hospital Schwabmünchen   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Consensus group; Deep sternal wounds; Infections; Mediastinitis; Treatment guideline; Vacuum assisted closure; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEBRIDEMENT; DEEP STERNAL WOUND INFECTION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE THERAPY; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION; WOUND IRRIGATION;

EID: 33845653089     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-481X.2006.00273.x     Document Type: Article

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