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Negative Pressure Wound Therapy in Poststernotomy Deep Sternal Wound Infection

An Overview of the Literature and Scientific Basis of the Technique

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Deep Sternal Wound Infections

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Since the introduction of median sternotomy in the 1950s, deep sternal wound infections (DSWI) have remained a significant and potentially life-threatening complication after open heart surgery with a reported incidence average of 1.4% (overall DSWI rate between 1986 and 2015; min: 0%, max: 11.7%; patients in all studies n=480,228, 67 articles, see Chap. 6).

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  1. Klinik für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie, Septisch und Rekonstruktive Chirurgie Bundeswehrkrankenhaus Berlin Akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus der Charité, Scharnhorststraße 13, 10115, Berlin, Germany

    Prof. Dr. med. Christian Willy (Leiter der Klinik)

  2. Klinik für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie, Septisch und Rekonstruktive Chirurgie Bundeswehrkrankenhaus Berlin Akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus der Charité, Scharnhorststraße 13, 10115, Berlin, Germany

    Dr. med. Catharina Scheuermann-Poley & Dr. med. Marcus Stichling

  3. Klinik für Herz-, Thorax- und Gefäßchirurgie, Deutsches Herzzentrum, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany

    Prof. Dr. med. Dr. h.c. Onnen Grauhan MBA

  4. Sektionsleiter Thoraxchirurgie der Klinik für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie, Septisch und Rekonstruktive Chirurgie Bundeswehrkrankenhaus Berlin Akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus der Charité, Scharnhorststraße 13, 10115, Berlin, Germany

    Dr. med. André Lieber

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  1. Plastisch und Handchirurgische Klinik Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg FAU, Krankenhausstraße 12, 91054, Erlangen, Germany

    Raymund E. Horch (Direktor) (Direktor)

  2. Klinik für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie, Septisch und Rekonstruktive Chirurgie, Bundeswehrkrankenhaus Berlin, Akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus der Charité, Scharnhorststraße 13, 10115, Berlin, Germany

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  3. Klinik für Herz- und Thoraxchirurgie, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, 39120, Magdeburg, Germany

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Willy, C., Scheuermann-Poley, C., Stichling, M., Grauhan, O., Lieber, A. (2016). Negative Pressure Wound Therapy in Poststernotomy Deep Sternal Wound Infection. In: Horch, R., Willy, C., Kutschka, I. (eds) Deep Sternal Wound Infections. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-49766-1_8

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