Post-sternotomy mediastinitis is a serious complication after cardiothoracic surgery and contribute significantly to post-operative morbidity, mortality, and healthcare costs. Negative pressure wound therapy is today's golden standard for post-sternotomy mediastinitis treatment. A systematic literature search was conducted at PubMed until October 2012 to analyse whether vacuum-assisted closure technique prevents mediastinitis after clean surgical incisions closure. Today's studies showed reduction of post-sternotomy mediastinitis including a beneficial socio-economic impact. Current studies, however included only high-risk patients, hence furthermore, larger randomised controlled trials are warranted to clarify the benefit for using surgica...
With an incidence rate of 1-4%, mediastinitis following cardiac surgery is a rarely occurring compli...
A new technique using vacuum-assist-ed closure was successfully applied in 3 patients with poststern...
The aim of this research was to clinically and experimentally evaluate the use of vacuum-assisted cl...
Post-sternotomy mediastinitis is a serious complication after cardiothoracic surgery and contribute ...
Introduction: During the last decades, a general amelioration of clinical outcomes has been reported...
A mediastinitis is a rare complication (incidence 1–4%) following cardiac surgery with a mortality o...
Poststernotomy mediastinitis is a devastating complication associated with median sternotomy, which ...
AbstractObjectivePoststernotomy mediastinitis, although infrequent, is a potentially life-threatenin...
The retrospective study by Vos et al. has reported on the superiority of VAC-therapy compared to ope...
[english] With an incidence rate of 1–4%, mediastinitis following cardiac surgery is a rarely occurr...
Objective: Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) is a recently introduced treatment modality for po...
ObjectivesOptimal management of poststernotomy mediastinitis is controversial. Negative pressure wou...
Background: Vacuum assisted closure (VAC) system is used to promote granulation tissue formation and...
A mediastinitis is a rare complication (incidence 1-4%) following cardiac surgery with a mortality o...
OBJECTIVES: Vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) is a commonly used therapy for the treatment of post-stern...
With an incidence rate of 1-4%, mediastinitis following cardiac surgery is a rarely occurring compli...
A new technique using vacuum-assist-ed closure was successfully applied in 3 patients with poststern...
The aim of this research was to clinically and experimentally evaluate the use of vacuum-assisted cl...
Post-sternotomy mediastinitis is a serious complication after cardiothoracic surgery and contribute ...
Introduction: During the last decades, a general amelioration of clinical outcomes has been reported...
A mediastinitis is a rare complication (incidence 1–4%) following cardiac surgery with a mortality o...
Poststernotomy mediastinitis is a devastating complication associated with median sternotomy, which ...
AbstractObjectivePoststernotomy mediastinitis, although infrequent, is a potentially life-threatenin...
The retrospective study by Vos et al. has reported on the superiority of VAC-therapy compared to ope...
[english] With an incidence rate of 1–4%, mediastinitis following cardiac surgery is a rarely occurr...
Objective: Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) is a recently introduced treatment modality for po...
ObjectivesOptimal management of poststernotomy mediastinitis is controversial. Negative pressure wou...
Background: Vacuum assisted closure (VAC) system is used to promote granulation tissue formation and...
A mediastinitis is a rare complication (incidence 1-4%) following cardiac surgery with a mortality o...
OBJECTIVES: Vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) is a commonly used therapy for the treatment of post-stern...
With an incidence rate of 1-4%, mediastinitis following cardiac surgery is a rarely occurring compli...
A new technique using vacuum-assist-ed closure was successfully applied in 3 patients with poststern...
The aim of this research was to clinically and experimentally evaluate the use of vacuum-assisted cl...