Impact of deep sternal wound infection management with vacuum-assisted closure therapy followed by sternal osteosynthesis: a 15-year review of 23 499 sternotomies

Objective: This study was undertaken to examine the outcome of patients with deep sternal wound infection (DSWI) now treated with vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) therapy as a bridge to sternal osteosynthesis with horizontal titanium plate fixation. Methods: From 1992 to 2007, a consecutive cohort of 2...

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Veröffentlicht in:	European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery 2010-04, Vol.37 (4), p.880-887
Hauptverfasser:	Baillot, Richard, Cloutier, Daniel, Montalin, Livia, Côté, Louise, Lellouche, François, Houde, Chanel, Gaudreau, Geneviève, Voisine, Pierre
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Bacteria - isolation & purification Bacterial Infections - microbiology Bacterial Infections - therapy Biological and medical sciences Bone Plates Cardiac Surgical Procedures Cardiology. Vascular system Debridement Device Removal Epidemiologic Methods Female Humans Male Mediastinitis Mediastinitis - microbiology Mediastinitis - therapy Medical sciences Middle Aged Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy - methods Pneumology Recurrence Reoperation - methods Sternal osteosynthesis Sternum - surgery Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases Surgery of the heart Surgical Flaps Surgical Wound Infection - microbiology Surgical Wound Infection - therapy VAC therapy
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