Vacuum-assisted closure therapy for deep sternal wound infections: The impact of learning curve on survival and predictors for late mortality

International Wound Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 216-223

  Sjögren, Johan ^a   Mokhtari, Arash ^a   Gustafsson, Ronny ^a   Malmsjö, Malin ^a   Nilsson, Johan ^a   Ingemansson, Richard ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Mediastinitis; Postoperative complications; Surgical wound infection

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURVIVAL; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STERNUM; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 44349088954     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-481X.2007.00371.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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