Negative pressure wound therapy in treatment of surgical site infection of the head in a patient with a bone defect of the skull (clinical case)
Abstract
The article presents a clinical case of infectious wound complications after removal of meningioma and the successful application of the negative pressure wound therapy in treatment of post-
operative wounds of soft tissues of the head in a patient with extensive bone defect of the skull.
Keywords:meningioma, wound complications, negative pressure wound therapy
Clin. Experiment. Surg. Petrovsky J. 2017; 5 (4): 65–9.
DOI: 10.24411/2308-1198-2017-00009
Received: 02.03.2017. Accepted: 10.10.2017.
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