Successful Therapy for a Patient With an Infected Ascending Aortic Graft and Sternal Osteomyelitis Without Graft Removal

Objective: Following open-heart surgery, sternal osteomyelitis or infection of the graft may be a serious complication with high mortality rates. The recommended treatment of an infected graft is its explantation. Because of the poor performance status of the patient, this may not always be an optio...

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Autores principales: Schmid, Dominik W., Orasch-Jörg, Christina, Wettstein, Reto, Kalbermatten, Daniel F., Todorov, Atanas, Pierer, Gerhard
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Open Science Company, LLC 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2519966/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18815610

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2519966/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18815610

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