Treatment of mediastinitis with wound-vacuum without muscle flaps
| Autor: | Lisardo Garcia-Covarrubias, Tomas A. Salerno, Domenico Calcaterra, Marco Ricci |
|---|---|
| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
| Předmět: |
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Male medicine.medical_specialty Sternum Wound Healing integumentary system business.industry Middle Aged medicine.disease Mediastinitis Surgical Flaps Surgery medicine Humans Surgical Wound Infection Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy Aged |
| Zdroj: | Journal of cardiac surgery. 24(5) |
| ISSN: | 1540-8191 |
| Popis: | 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. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
| Externí odkaz: |
|