Staged Concept for Treatment of Severe Postsaphenectomy Wound Infection

The saphenous vein remains the most commonly used conduit in coronary artery bypass surgery. Vein harvest is a critical component with significant morbidity associated with leg wounds from open technique. Occurring complications are hematoma, postoperative pain, skin changes, neuropathy, and septic...

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Autores principales: Schroeter, Thomas, Subramanian, Sreekumar, Borger, Michael A., Mohr, Friedrich W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3162983/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21876703
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/903839
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Sumario:The saphenous vein remains the most commonly used conduit in coronary artery bypass surgery. Vein harvest is a critical component with significant morbidity associated with leg wounds from open technique. Occurring complications are hematoma, postoperative pain, skin changes, neuropathy, and septic or nonseptic wound complications. Within the context of a recent case, we present our approach to postsaphenectomy wound management.

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