Sternal wound infections in patients undergoing open heart surgery: Randomized study comparing intracutaneous and transcutaneous suture techniques

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1587-1591

  Risnes, Ivar ^a   Abdelnoor, Michel ^a   Tore Baksaas, Svein ^a   Lundblad, Runar ^a   Svennevig, Jan L ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STERNOTOMY; STERNUM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN; STERNUM; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0035167660     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(01)03102-2     Document Type: Article

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