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Vacuum for Pediatric Post-Sternotomy Mediastinitis: The Role of Laser Doppler Velocimetry in the Establishment of Adequate Subatmospheric Pressure Intensity

^a Department of Cardiothoracic and Respiratory Sciences, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
^b Department of Cardiovascular Surgery and Transplants, V. Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Italy

(Email: marianovicchio@libero.it).

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To the Editor:

We read with interest the article by Kadohama and colleagues [1], and we would like to congratulate the authors for the very interesting management of three pediatric patients with mediastinitis. The entire article is based on a question by the authors of whether or not a lower negative pressure than that used in the adults is sufficient for treatment of this life-threatening complication after open heart surgery. The authors assert that the debate regarding the level of . . . [Full Text of this Article]