Surgical debridement, vacuum therapy and pectoralis plasty in poststernotomy mediastinitis

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1479-1483

  Ennker, I C ^a,b   Pietrowski, D ^a   Vohringer L ^a   Kojcici, B ^a   Albert, A ^a   Vogt, P M ^b   Ennker, J ^a  

^a Herzzentrum Lahr/Baden   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Infection; M. pectoralis muscle flaps; Mediastinitis; Sternotomy; Vacuum therapy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MORTALITY; MUSCLE FLAP; NECROSIS; OBESITY; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STERNOTOMY; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; PROBABILITY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 72049126372     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2008.05.017     Document Type: Article

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