Functional impairment after treatment with pectoral muscle flaps because of deep sternal wound infection

Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 174-180

  Eriksson, Jenny ^a   Huljebrant, Inger ^a   Nettelblad, Hans ^a   Svedjeholm, Rolf ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DEBRIDEMENT; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LONG TERM CARE; MUSCLE FLAP; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PECTORAL MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STERNUM; THORAX WALL; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DEBRIDEMENT; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REOPERATION; STERNUM; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79957470402     PISSN: 14017431     EISSN: 16512006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14017431.2011.563318     Document Type: Article

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