Sternal cables are not superior to traditional sternal wiring for preventing deep sternal wound infection

OBJECTIVES: Deep sternal wound infection is a devastating complication of cardiac surgery. In the current era of increasing patient comorbidity, newer techniques must be evaluated in attempts to reduce the rates of deep sternal wound infection. METHODS: A randomized controlled trial comparing sterna...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg
Main Authors: Dunne, Ben, Murphy, Mark, Skiba, Rohen, Wang, Xiao, Ho, Kwok, Larbalestier, Robert, Merry, Christopher
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Oxford University Press 2016
Subjects:
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4892157/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26912576
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw017
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

Similar Items