Treatment outcomes of postoperative mediastinitis in cardiac surgery; negative pressure wound therapy versus conventional treatment

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Deniz, Hayati ^a   Gokaslan, Gokhan ^a   Arslanoglu, Yavuz ^a   Ozcaliskan, Ozerdem ^a   Guzel, Gokalp ^a   Yasim, Alptekin ^a   Ustunsoy, Hasim ^a  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Negative pressure wound therapy; Sternal wound infection

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE;

AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84863588419     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8090-7-67     Document Type: Article

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