Primary closure using Redon drains vs vacuum-assisted closure in post-sternotomy mediastinitis

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Vos, Roemer J ^a   Yilmaz, Alaaddin ^a   Sonker, Uday ^a   Kelder, Johannes C ^a   Kloppenburg, Geoffrey T L ^a  

^a ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Infection; Mediastinitis; Redon; Sternotomy; VAC

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDON DRAINAGE; RISK FACTOR; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE;

AGED; CATHETERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPENSITY SCORE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STERNOTOMY; SUCTION; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84873175097     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezs404     Document Type: Article

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