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Sternum wound contraction and distension during negative pressure wound therapy when using a rigid disc to prevent heart and lung rupture

BACKGROUND: There are increasing reports of deaths and serious complications associated with the use of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT), of which right ventricular heart rupture is the most devastating. The use of a rigid barrier has been suggested to offer protection against this lethal comp...

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Autores principales: Lindstedt, Sandra, Ingemansson, Richard, Malmsjö, Malin
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3073896/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21450095
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-6-42