Vacuum-assisted closure with Safetac technology for mediastinitis in patients with a ventricular assist device

J Artif Organs. 2010 Jul;13(2):126-8. doi: 10.1007/s10047-010-0500-5. Epub 2010 Apr 8.

Authors

Osamu Kinoshita¹, Takashi Nishimura, Mitsuhiro Kawata, Masahiko Ando, Shunei Kyo, Minoru Ono

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan. [email protected]

PMID: 20376513
DOI: 10.1007/s10047-010-0500-5

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Heart-Assist Devices*
Humans
Mediastinitis / surgery*
Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy / instrumentation*