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  • Title: [Vacuum assisted closure therapy improves early postoperative lung function in patients with large sternal wounds].
    Author: Kutschka I, Frauendorfer P, Harringer W.
    Journal: Zentralbl Chir; 2004 May; 129 Suppl 1():S33-4. PubMed ID: 15168280.
    Abstract:
    Vacuum assisted closure of sternal wounds is a sound strategy for patients with severe poststernotomy mediastinitis and sternal bone necrosis. As a bridging therapy to reconstructive surgery it provides an adequate temporary stabilization of the thorax. It enhances lung function and reduces pulmonary complications.
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