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TO THE EDITOR—We thank Drs Ng and Tan for their interesting data from Singapore and for their feedback on our review [1, 2]. The high rates of accuracy and acceptability reported from Singapore are encouraging. We agree that pricing and willingness to pay are essential considerations that are likely to vary substantially from one setting to the next. We also agree that it will be unfortunate if...

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We thank Dr Schachner for his interest and comments on our recent experimental findings [1]. The first facet of our study was that although initially (at 1 month), neointima formation in vein grafts was inhibited by perivenous application of fibrin glue at the time of implantation, at 4 months neointimal formation was not significantly different from controls [1]. Dr Schachner has implied that ...

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We appreciate the comments of Drs von Oppell and Rammohan on our article. The definition in our paper relates specifically to deep sternal wound infections and we appreciate that perhaps this is not made abundantly clear in the methodology. Superficial wound infections were defined as those that do not penetrate the subcutaneous tissue layer. The wound may exhibit erythema and a small amount of...