Hyperbaric oxygen therapy as an adjunctive treatment for sternal infection and osteomyelitis after sternotomy and cardiothoracic surgery

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Yu, Wen Kuang ^a   Chen, Yen Wen ^a,b   Shie, Huei Guan ^a   Lien, Te Cheng ^a,b   Kao, Hsin Kuo ^a,b   Wang, Jia Horng ^a  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cardiothoracic surgery; Hyperbaric oxygen; Osteomyelitis; Sternal infection; Sternotomy

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OSTEOMYELITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80054058721     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8090-6-141     Document Type: Article

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