Managing deep sternal wound infections with vacuum-assisted closure

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 333-336

  Chen, Yi ^a   Almeida, Aubrey A ^a,b   Mitnovetski, Sergei ^a   Goldstein, Jacob ^a,b   Lowe, Cassie ^a   Smith, Julian A ^a,b  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Deep sternal wound infection; Negative pressure dressing; Vacuum assisted closure

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; REVIEW; SEPTICEMIA; STERNOTOMY; STERNUM; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; STERNUM; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 41549150447     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2008.04467.x     Document Type: Review

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