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

Rainer Petzina | Zendy; Júlia Hoffmann | Zendy; A. R. Navasardyan | Zendy; Malin Malmsjö | Zendy; Christof Stamm | Zendy; Axel Unbehaun | Zendy; Roland Hetzer | Zendy

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

Author(s) -

Rainer Petzina,

Júlia Hoffmann,

A. R. Navasardyan,

Malin Malmsjö,

Christof Stamm,

Axel Unbehaun,

Roland Hetzer

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303

H-Index - 133

eISSN - 1873-734X

pISSN - 1010-7940

DOI - 10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.01.028

Subject(s) - mediastinitis , medicine , median sternotomy , surgery , cardiac surgery , negative pressure wound therapy , mortality rate , artery , survival rate , anesthesia , pathology , alternative medicine

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 rate, the sternal re-infection rate and the length of hospital stay in patients with post-sternotomy mediastinitis after NPWT and conventional treatment.

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