Sternal closure techniques and postoperative sternal wound complications in elderly patients
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Improved results of the vacuum assisted closure and Nitinol clips sternal closure after postoperative deep sternal wound infection.
OBJECTIVE Postoperative deep sternal wound infection is a severe complication of cardiac surgery, with a high mortality rate and a high morbidity rate. The objective of this prospective study is to report our experience with the vacuum assisted closure (VAC) system for the management of deep wound infection. We also devised an innovative closure technique post VAC therapy using thermo reactive ...
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Fouzia Choukairi is a Speciality Trainee in Plastic Surgery, University Hospital of South Manchester; Joseph Ring is a Speciality Trainee in Orthopaedic Surgery, Royal Oldham Hospital; Joe Thekkudan is a Registrar in Cardiothoracic Surgery, New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton; Stuart Enoch is Programme Director — Education and Research at the Doctors’ Academy and Specialist Registrar in Plastic S...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1010-7940
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2008.04.006