The impact of closed incision negative pressure therapy on prevention of median sternotomy infection for high risk cases: a single centre retrospective study

BACKGROUND: Sternal wound infection (SWI) following cardiothoracic surgery is a major complication. It may significantly impact patient recovery, treatment cost and mortality rates. No universal guideline exists on SWI management, and more recently the focus has become prevention over treatment. Rec...

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Autores principales: Suelo-Calanao, Rona Lee, Thomson, Richard, Read, Maxine, Matheson, Euan, Isaac, Emmanuel, Chaudhry, Mubarak, Loubani, Mahmoud
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7437015/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32814569
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13019-020-01265-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7437015/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32814569
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13019-020-01265-1

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