Delayed primary versus late secondary wound closure in the treatment of postsurgical sternum osteomyelitis

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 914-918

  Berdajs, Denis A ^a   Trampuz, Andrej ^a   Ferrari, Enrico ^a   Ruchat, Patrick ^a   Hurni, Michel ^a   von Segesser, Ludwig K ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Mediastinitis; Poststernotomy infection; Surgical complications; Surgical site infections

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DELAYED PRIMARY CLOSURE; HOSPITALIZATION COST; LENGTH OF STAY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STERNUM OSTEOMYELITIS; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL STRESS; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND CLOSURE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEBRIDEMENT; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDIASTINITIS; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; OSTEOMYELITIS; OSTEOTOMY; REOPERATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL FLAPS; SWITZERLAND; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CLOSURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 79958698114     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2010.263483     Document Type: Article

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