Concepedia

Evaluation of risk factors for hospital mortality and current treatment for poststernotomy mediastinitis

Akimasa Morisaki, Mitsuharu Hosono, Yasuyuki Sasaki, Hidekazu Hirai, Masanori Sakaguchi, Atsushi Nakahira, Hiroyuki Seo, Shigefumi Suehiro, Toshihiko Shibata

General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery · 2011 · 46 citations · 22 references

Concepts

MedicineSurgeryHospital MedicineMediastinal SurgeryPostoperative CarePostoperative ComplicationsPostoperative Intensive CarePostoperative MorbidityHospital Mortality SurveillanceIn-hospital MortalityMediastinal Hematoma AssessmentPostoperative Infectious ComplicationsPostoperative Medical ComplicationsPostoperative MortalityPostoperative ProphylaxisPostsurgical Complications

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Medicine, Microbiology, Surgery +17

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Medicine, Infectious Disease Control, Preventive Medicine +14

Management of the Infected Median Sternotomy Wound with Muscle Flaps

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Medicine, Plastic Surgery, Surgery +17

Clinical Outcome After Poststernotomy Mediastinitis: Vacuum-Assisted Closure Versus Conventional Treatment

Johan Sjögren, Ronny Gustafsson, Johan Nilsson et al. · The Annals of Thoracic Surgery · 2005 · 218 citations

Medicine, Neurological Surgery, Surgery +6

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