Failure of secondary wound closure after sternal wound infection following failed initial operative treatment: Causes and treatment

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 216-221

  Phan, Truong Q V ^a   Depner, Christian ^b   Theodorou, Panagiotis ^b   Lefering, Rolf ^b   Perbix, Walter ^b   Spilker, Gerald ^b   Weinand, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b not available

Author keywords

Deep sternal wound infection; Gram negative bacteria; Salvage flap closure; Wound dehiscence

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STERNUM; SURGICAL FLAPS; VERY ELDERLY; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STERNUM; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872907889     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: 15363708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e31823b67ec     Document Type: Review

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