Aggressive treatment using muscle flaps or omentopexy in infections of the sternum and anterior mediastinum following sternotomy;Tratamento agressivo com retalho muscular e/ou omentopexia nas infecções do esterno e mediastino anterior em pós- operatório de esternotomia

Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 654-660

  Moreschi, Alexandre Heitor ^a,c   Neto, Amarilio Vieira De Macedo ^b   Barbosa, Gilberto Venossi ^a   Saueressig, Mauricio Guidi ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Mediastinitis; Osteomyelitis; Surgical flaps; Thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEBRIDEMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; OMENTUM; OSTEOMYELITIS; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; STERNUM; SURGICAL INFECTION; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ADULT; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DEBRIDEMENT; DRAINAGE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; OMENTUM; OSTEOMYELITIS; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; STERNUM; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 55949083501     PISSN: 18063713     EISSN: 18063713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1806-37132008000900004     Document Type: Article

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