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Secondary omental and pectoralis major double flap reconstruction following aggressive sternectomy for deep sternal wound infections after cardiac surgery

BACKGROUND: Deep sternal wound infection after cardiac surgery carries high morbidity and mortality. Our strategy for deep sternal wound infection is aggressive strenal debridement followed by vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) therapy and omental-muscle flap reconstrucion. We describe this strategy and...

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Autores principales: Kobayashi, Toshiro, Mikamo, Akihito, Kurazumi, Hiroshi, Suzuki, Ryo, Shirasawa, Bungo, Hamano, Kimikazu
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3094378/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21501461
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-6-56