DEEP MEDIAN STERNAL WOUND INFECTION: MANAGEMENT AND RECONSTRUCTION
During a 30-month period. 2S patients with deep infected median sternotomy wounds were managed surgically. Fifteen patients had chronic sternal osteomyelitis with associated costochondruis, 7 patients had only costochondritis, and 3 patients had dehiscence and/or mediastinitis. Twenty were male and...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Tehran University of Medical Sciences
1995-06-01
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| Series: | Acta Medica Iranica |
| Online Access: | http://journals.tums.ac.ir/PdfMed.aspx?pdf_med=/upload_files/pdf/5063.pdf&manuscript_id=5063 |