Prevention and management of sternal wound infections

HL Lazar, T Vander Salm, R Engelman, D Orgill… - The Journal of thoracic …, 2016 - jtcvs.org
Methods A literature search was performed using PubMed and Google Scholar up to March
2015 using the MeSH headings “Sternal Wound Infections-Prevention and …

European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery expert consensus statement on the prevention and management of mediastinitis

Y Abu-Omar, GJ Kocher, P Bosco… - European journal of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Mediastinitis continues to be an important and life-threatening complication after median
sternotomy despite advances in prevention and treatment strategies, with an incidence of …

Flexible reduced pressure treatment appliance

RS Weston - US Patent 8,062,272, 2011 - Google Patents
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Johnson........................ 604f179 4,902.277 A 2, 1990 Mathies et al. 2.318. 888 A 5, 1943 …

Overview and management of sternal wound infection

K Singh, E Anderson, JG Harper - Seminars in plastic surgery, 2011 - thieme-connect.com
Sternal wound infection is a life-threatening complication after cardiac surgery associated
with high morbidity and mortality. Past treatment options have included closed suction and …

Reduced pressure treatment system

RS Weston - US Patent 10,058,642, 2018 - Google Patents
A wound treatment appliance is provided for treating all or a portion of a wound. In some
embodiments, the appliance comprises a cover or a flexible overlay that covers all or a …

[图书][B] Manual of perioperative care in adult cardiac surgery

RM Bojar - 2020 - books.google.com
Now in its sixth edition, Robert M. Bojar's Manual of Perioperative Care in Adult Cardiac
Surgery remains the go-to practical guide for all of those involved in the care of the cardiac …

Reduced pressure treatment system

RS Weston - US Patent 10,105,471, 2018 - Google Patents
A wound treatment appliance is provided for treating all or a portion of a wound. In some
embodiments, the appliance comprises a cover or a flexible overlay that covers all or a …

Negative‐pressure wound therapy using gauze or open‐cell polyurethane foam: similar early effects on pressure transduction and tissue contraction in an …

M Malmsjö, R Ingemansson, R Martin… - Wound repair and …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Negative‐pressure wound therapy (NPWT), also known as topical negative‐pressure
therapy, is widely used to manage wounds and accelerate healing. NPWT has so far been …

Negative pressure wound therapy for post-sternotomy mediastinitis reduces mortality rate and sternal re-infection rate compared to conventional treatment

R Petzina, J Hoffmann, A Navasardyan… - European journal of …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Objective: Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) is a recently introduced treatment
modality for post-sternotomy mediastinitis. The aim of this study was to compare the mortality …

Effect of negative pressure wound therapy followed by tissue flaps for deep sternal wound infection after cardiovascular surgery: propensity score matching analysis

A Morisaki, M Hosono, T Murakami… - … and thoracic surgery, 2016 - academic.oup.com
OBJECTIVES Deep sternal wound infection (DSWI) after cardiovascular surgery via median
sternotomy remains a severe complication associated with a drastic decrease in the quality …