Deep sternal wound infection requiring revision surgery: impact on mid-term survival following cardiac surgery

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 673-678

  Sachithanandan, Anand ^a   Nanjaiah, Prakash ^a   Nightingale, Peter ^a   Wilson, Ian C ^a   Graham, Timothy R ^a   Rooney, Stephen J ^a   Keogh, Bruce E ^b   Pagano, Domenico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deep sternal infection; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP STERNAL WOUND INFECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REOPERATION; ROOM VENTILATION; STERNECTOMY; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; TRACHEOSTOMY; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE;

AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STERNUM; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 40649112816     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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