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Vacuum-assisted closure in the treatment of poststernotomy mediastinitis |
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| Authors: | Obdeijn M C de Lange M Y Lichtendahl D H de Boer W J |
| Affiliation: | a Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands b Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands |
| Abstract: | A new technique using vacuum-assisted closure was successfully applied in 3 patients with poststernotomy mediastinitis. After surgical debridement, this vacuum-assisted closure technique has made it possible to avoid the need for secondary surgical closure (including direct secondary surgical closure and secondary surgical closure by use of vascularized muscle flaps). A healed stable sternotomy wound can be achieved using this new technique. |
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