Treatment of thoracic wounds with adapted vacuum therapy

This is a report of seven cases of infected thoracic wounds treated with an adapted low-cost vacuum therapy in the Thoracic Surgery Unit of Santa Marcelina Hospital. The vacuum system used was designed and adapted to our hospital due to financial limitations on the acquisition of commercial kits. Th...

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Main Authors: Igor Renato L.B. de Abreu, Edgard P.O. Pontes, Mauro F.L. Tamagno, Rodrigo Afonso Sardenberg, Riad Naim Younes, Fernando Conrado Abrão
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-01-01
Series:Asian Journal of Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1015958413000729