Title: Using negative pressure therapy for healing of a sternal wound.
Abstract: Lisa Clubley and Lorraine Harper examine the treatment provided to a patient who had cardiac surgery and developed complications that resulted in the development of an extensive open sternal wound. The consultant surgeon responsible for the care made a decision to use negative pressure therapy (vacuum-assisted closure) despite such therapy for a wound of this nature being contraindicated in the manufacturer's clinical guidelines
Publication Year: 2005
Publication Date: 2005-05-06
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['pubmed']
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