Use of the greater omentum for reconstruction of infected sternotomy wounds: A prognostic indicator

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 169-173

  Ghazi, Bahair H ^a   Carlson, Grant W ^a   Losken, Albert ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Infection; Mediastinitis; Omentum; Reconstruction; Sternal wound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE REMODELING; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DONOR SITE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GREATER OMENTUM; HUMAN; INTESTINE GRAFT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORTALITY; MUSCLE FLAP; OMENTUM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SALVAGE THERAPY; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MIDDLE AGED; OMENTUM; PROGNOSIS; STERNUM; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 38549152752     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e318054718e     Document Type: Article

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