Management of deep wound complications with vacuum-assisted therapy after berlin heart EXCOR ventricular assist device placement in the pediatric population

Artificial Organs

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 922-925

  Kouretas, Peter C ^a,b   Burch, Phillip T ^b   Kaza, Aditya K ^b   Lambert, Linda M ^b   Witte, Madolin K ^b   Everitt, Melanie D ^b   Siddiqi, Faizi A ^b  

^a Primary Children's Medical Center ^*  (United States)

^b PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Pediatrics; Vacuum assisted closure; Ventricular assist device; Wound complications

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES; PATIENT TREATMENT;

ITS APPLICATIONS; PATIENT MORBIDITY; PEDIATRIC PATIENTS; PEDIATRIC POPULATION; PULSATILES; VACUUM-ASSISTED CLOSURE; VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND COMPLICATIONS; WOUND HEALING;

PEDIATRICS;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND COMPLICATION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 70450227232     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: 15251594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2009.00950.x     Document Type: Article

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