Risk factors for deep sternal wound infection after sternotomy: A prospective, multicenter study

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1200-1207

  Brunet, F ^a   Brusset, A ^a   Squara, P ^a   Philip, Y ^a   Abry, B ^a   Roy, A ^a   Amrein, C ^a   Guillemain, R ^a   Dubois, C ^a   De Lentdecker, P ^a   Aberkane, L ^a   Ouaknine, R ^a   Tronc, F ^a   Bruniauax, J ^a   Duffet, J P ^a   Yakar, V ^a   Lamer, C ^a   Petrie, J ^a   Lucet, J C ^a  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; INOTROPIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; STERNOTOMY; STERNUM; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0029976634     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(96)70222-2     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. MG Sarr VL Gott TR. Townsend Mediastinal infection after sternotomy Ann Thorac Surg 38 1984 415 423
2. FD Loop BW Lytle DM Cosgrove Sternal wound complications after isolated coronary bypass grafting: early and late mortality, morbidity and cost of care Ann Thorac Surg 49 1990 179 187
3. EA Grossi AT Culliford KH Krieger A survey of 77 major infectious complications of median sternotomy: a review of 7,949 consecutive operative procedures Ann Thorac Surg 40 1985 214 221
4. AS. Keats The ASA classification of physical status—a recapitulation Anesthesiology 49 1978 233 236
5. JS Garner WR Jarvis TG Emori TC Horan JM. Hughes CDC definitions for nosocomial infections 1988 Am J Infect Control 16 1988 128 140
6. NT Kouchoukos TH Wareing SF Murphy C Pelate WG. Marshall Risks of bilateral internal mammary artery grafting Ann Thorac Surg 49 1990 210 219
7. GW He WH Ryan TE Acuff Risk factors for operative mortality and sternal wound infection in bilateral internal mammary artery grafting J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 107 1994 196 202
8. DL Galbut EA Traad MJ Dorman Seventeen-year experience with bilateral internal mammary artery grafts Ann Thorac Surg 49 1990 195 201
9. EA Grossi R Esposito LJ Harris Sternal wound infection and use of internal mammary artery grafts J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 102 1991 342 347
10. SR Hazelrigg HA Wellons JA Schneider P. Kolm Wound complications after median sternotomy J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 98 1989 1096 1099
11. DH Bor RM Rose JF Modlin R Weintraub GH. Friedland Mediastinitis after cardiac surgery Rev Infect Dis 5 1983 885 897
12. RH Breyer SA Mills AS Hudspeth FR Johnston AR. Cordell A prospective study of sternal wound complications Ann Thorac Surg 37 1984 412 415
13. W Ko WD Lazenby JA Zelano OW Isom KH. Krieger Effects of shaving methods and intraoperative irrigation on suppurative mediastinitis after bypass operations Ann Thorac Surg 53 1992 301 305
14. LS Newman LC Szczukowski RP Bain CA. Perlino Suppurative mediastinitis after open-heart surgery Chest 94 1988 546 553
15. G Ottino R De Paulis S Pansini Major sternal wound infection after open-heart surgery: a multivariate analysis of risk factors in 2,579 consecutive operative procedures Ann Thorac Surg 44 1987 173 179
16. T Nagachinta M Stephens B Reitz BF. Polk Risk factors for surgical-wound infection following cardiac surgery J Infect Dis 156 1987 967 973
17. JA Sellick M Stelmach JM. Mylotte Surveillance of surgical wound infections following open-heart surgery Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 12 1991 591 596
18. TL Demmy SB Park GA Liebler Recent experience with major sternal wound infections Ann Thorac Surg 49 1990 458 462
19. AE Seyfer CD Shriver TR Miller GM. Graeber Sternal blood flow after median sternotomy and mobilization of the internal mammary arteries Surgery 104 1988 899 904
20. AC Fiore KS Naumheim P Dean Results of internal thoracic artery grafting over 15 years: single vs double grafts Ann Thorac Surg 49 1990 202 209
21. DH Culver TC Horan RP Gaynes Surgical wound infection by wound class, operative procedure, and patient risk index Am J Med 91 Suppl 3B 1991 152S 157S
22. Consensus paper on the surveillance of surgical wound infections Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 13 1992 599 605