Role of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in the treatment of postoperative organ/space sternal surgical site infections

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1702-1706

  Barili, Fabio ^a   Polvani, Gianluca ^a   Topkara, Veli K ^b   Dainese, Luca ^a   Cheema, Faisal H ^b   Roberto, Maurizio ^a   Naliato, Moreno ^a   Parolari, Alessandro ^a   Alamanni, Francesco ^a   Biglioli, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RELAPSE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT DURATION;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STERNUM; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34447345166     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-007-9109-0     Document Type: Article

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