Impact of Vacuum-Assisted Closure (VAC) Therapy on Clinical Outcomes of Patients with Sternal Wound Infections: A Meta-Analysis of Non-Randomized Studies

OBJECTIVE: To examine the impact of VAC therapy on mortality of patients with sternal wound infections after cardiothoracic surgery. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: Controversial results regarding mortality of patients with sternal wound infections were published. METHODS: We performed a systematic search...

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Autores principales: Falagas, Matthew E., Tansarli, Giannoula S., Kapaskelis, Anastasios, Vardakas, Konstantinos Z.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3669405/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23741379
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0064741

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3669405/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23741379
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0064741

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