Impact of Vacuum-Assisted Closure (VAC) Therapy on Clinical Outcomes of Patients with Sternal Wound Infections: A Meta-Analysis of Non-Randomized Studies

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Falagas, Matthew E ^a,b,c   Tansarli, Giannoula S ^a   Kapaskelis, Anastasios ^a,b   Vardakas, Konstantinos Z ^a,b  

^a ALFA INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AIBS   (Greece)

^b MITERA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDIASTINITIS; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; OSTEOMYELITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STERNAL WOUND INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND INFECTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; DEBRIDEMENT; HUMANS; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STERNUM; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THORACIC WALL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

SCOPUS;

EID: 84878580610     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064741     Document Type: Article

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