Vacuum assisted closure therapy for the treatment of sternal wound infections after heart transplantation: Preliminary results;VAC-Therapie zur Behandlung von Sternalen Wundinfektionen Nach Herztransplantation: Erste Ergebnisse

Zentralblatt fur Chirurgie

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 138-141

  Fleck, T ^a,b   Moidl, R ^a   Grimm, M ^a   Wolner, E ^a   Zuckermann, A ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Adequate inflammation response; Heart transplantation; Immunosuppression; VAC therapy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; REOPERATION; REVIEW; STERNUM; SUCTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; VACUUM; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; REOPERATION; STERNUM; SUCTION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; VACUUM; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34250217812     PISSN: 0044409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-960650     Document Type: Review

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