Clinical Effectiveness of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Following Surgical Resection of Sternoclavicular Joint Infection: A Case Report

Septic arthritis of the sternoclavicular joint (SCJ) is a rare condition accounting for 0.5% of bone and joint infections. The majority of cases require joint resection and advancement flaps to provide coverage to the resulting wound defect. However, in the setting of an infected wound space, surgeo...

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Autores principales: Nguyen, Michelle, Moffatt-Bruce, Susan D, Merritt, Robert E, D'Souza, Desmond M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2016
Materias:
General Surgery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5101108/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27843733
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.815

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