Prevention of poststernotomy wound infections in obese patients by negative pressure wound therapy

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 145, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1387-1392

  Grauhan, Onnen ^a   Navasardyan, Artashes ^a   Hofmann, Michael ^a   Müller, Peter ^a   Stein, Julia ^a   Hetzer, Roland ^a  

^a DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOAM DRESSING; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN FLORA; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND DRESSING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SKIN; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84876417861     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.09.040     Document Type: Article

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