Vacuum-assisted wound closure is superior to primary rewiring in patients with deep sternal wound infection

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-29

  Assmann, A ^a   Boeken, U ^a   Feindt, P ^a   Schurr, P ^a   Akhyari, P ^a   Lichtenberg, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

cardiac surgery; deep sternal wound infection; outcome; primary rewiring; vacuumassisted wound closure

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBID OBESITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOTOMY; STERNUM; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THERAPEUTIC IRRIGATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 78751512179     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: 14391902     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1250598     Document Type: Article

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