TY - JOUR
T1 - Treatment of mediastinitis with wound-vacuum without muscle flaps
AU - Calcaterra, Domenico
AU - Garcia-Covarrubias, Lisardo
AU - Ricci, Marco
AU - Salerno, Tomas A.
PY - 2009/9/1
Y1 - 2009/9/1
N2 - Wound vacuum may represent a new solution to the treatment of patients with mediastinitis. We herein present case reports of two patients with very serious deep wound infections of the sternum (mediastinitis) treated with wound vacuum without muscle flaps. The implications of this new modality of treatment are discussed.
AB - Wound vacuum may represent a new solution to the treatment of patients with mediastinitis. We herein present case reports of two patients with very serious deep wound infections of the sternum (mediastinitis) treated with wound vacuum without muscle flaps. The implications of this new modality of treatment are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2009.00808.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2009.00808.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 19740285
AN - SCOPUS:69949135322
VL - 24
SP - 512
EP - 514
JO - Journal of Cardiac Surgery
JF - Journal of Cardiac Surgery
SN - 0886-0440
IS - 5
ER -