Modified prophylaxis for preventing deep sternal wound infection after cardiac surgery
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Deep sternal wound infection after cardiac surgery
BACKGROUND Deep sternal wound infection (DSWI) is a serious postoperative complication of cardiac surgery. In this study we investigated the incidence of DSWI and effect of re-exploration for bleeding on DSWI mortality. METHODS We reviewed 73,700 cases registered in the Japan Adult Cardiovascular Surgery Database (JACVSD) during the period from 2004 to 2009 and divided them into five groups: ...
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عنوان ژورنال: APMIS
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0903-4641,1600-0463
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2007.00837.x