Negative pressure wound therapy with instillation without open‐window thoracostomy for empyema
Treatment of empyema is very challenging. The use of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT), and NPWT with instillation and dwell time (NPWTi‐d) for wound closure have attracted attention. However, they are both limited to use after open‐window thoracostomy (OWT) performed to control infection. In s...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2019-07-01
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Series: | Respirology Case Reports |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1002/rcr2.417 |