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Ann Thorac Surg 2005;79:1730-1731
© 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Original articles: General thoracic: Invited commentary

INVITED COMMENTARY

Marisa De Feo, MD, PhD

Department of Cardiothoracic and Respiratory Sciences, Second University of Naples-A. O. Monaldi Hospital, Via Posillipo, 9, 80123 Naples, Italy

(E-mail: marisa.defeo@tin.it).

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Vacuum-assisted wound infection management represents a relatively novel strategy [1] that is gaining worldwide acceptance and is yielding encouraging results for postoperative mediastinitis, as the authors of this article previously reported [2]. The mechanisms underlying the effectiveness of this method have been partially identified (ie, the application of negative pressure to healing wound tissue is expected to prevent local ischemia by increasing microvascular blood flow to eventually accelerate the process of wound closure [3]). Wackenfors and colleagues have tried . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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