Effects on heart pumping function when using foam and gauze for negative pressure wound therapy of sternotomy wounds
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) has remarkable effects on the healing of poststernotomy mediastinitis. Foam is presently the material of choice for NPWT in this indication. There is now increasing interest in using gauze, as t...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2011-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery |
| Online Access: | http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/6/1/5 |