Infection remediation after septic device extractions - comparison of three treatment strategies including a one-year follow-up
Heiko Burger1,2,3, Mona Strauß2, Da-Un Chung4, Manfred Richter1,2, Tibor Ziegelhöffer1,2, Samer Hakmi6, Yeong-Hoon Choi1,2,5, Simon Pecha7,8
1 Department of Cardiac Surgery, Kerckhoff-Klinik, Bad Nauheim, Germany
2 Justus-Liebig-University Gießen, Campus Kerckhoff-Klinik, Bad Nauheim, Germany
3 Department of Angiology and Cardiology, CardioVascular Center, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
4 Department of Cardiology & Critical Care Medicine, Asklepios Klinik St. Georg, Hamburg, Germany
5 German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site RhineMain, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
6 Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Asklepios Klinik St. Georg, Hamburg, Germany
7 Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg, Germany
8 German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck Germany