Primary closure using Redon drains vs vacuum-assisted closure in post-sternotomy mediastinitis.

Vos, Roemer J; Yilmaz, Alaaddin; Sonker, Uday; Kelder, Johannes C; Kloppenburg, Geoffrey T L

Vos, Roemer J; Yilmaz, Alaaddin; Sonker, Uday; Kelder, Johannes C; Kloppenburg, Geoffrey T L.

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Vos RJ; Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, Netherlands.

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg ; 42(4): e53-7, 2012 Oct.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22885227

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Mediastinitis/therapy; Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy; Postoperative Complications/therapy; Sternotomy; Suction/methods; Aged; Catheters; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Hospital Mortality; Humans; Kaplan-Meier Estimate; Length of Stay/statistics & numerical data; Male; Mediastinitis/etiology; Mediastinitis/mortality; Mediastinitis/surgery; Middle Aged; Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy/mortality; Postoperative Complications/mortality; Postoperative Complications/surgery; Propensity Score; Retrospective Studies; Suction/instrumentation; Suction/mortality; Suture Techniques; Treatment Outcome

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Postoperative Complications / Suction / Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy / Sternotomy / Mediastinitis Type of study: Etiology_studies / Evaluation_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Aged / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Language: En Journal: Eur J Cardiothorac Surg Journal subject: CARDIOLOGIA Year: 2012 Type: Article Affiliation country: Netherlands

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