Major bleeding during negative pressure wound/V.A.C.<sup>® </sup>- therapy for postsurgical deep sternal wound infection - a critical appraisal

Major bleeding during negative pressure wound/V.A.C.<sup>® </sup>- therapy for postsurgical deep sternal wound infection - a critical appraisal

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Negative-pressure wound therapy, commercially known as vacuum-assisted closure (V.A.C.<sup>®</sup>) therapy, has become one of the most popular (and efficacious) interim (prior to flap reconstruction) or definite methods of managing deep sternal wound...

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Main Authors: Segers Patrique, van Wingerden Jan J, Jekel Lilian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-09-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Subjects:
Bleeding emergency
Chest wall
Mediastinitis
Mediastinal infection
Negative pressure
Shock circulatory
Statistics meta-analysis
Sternum
Ventricle right
Wound infection
Online Access:http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/6/1/121

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