Does bilateral pedicle internal thoracic artery harvest increase the risk of mediastinitis?

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 78-82

  Choo, Suk Jung ^a   Lee, Sang Kwon ^b   Chung, Sung Woon ^b   Kim, Jong Won ^b   Sung, Si Chan ^b   Kim, Young Dae ^b   Bae, Mi Ju ^b   Kim, June Hong ^b   Chon, Kook Jin ^b   Lee, Han Cheol ^b  

^a University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass; Internal thoracic arteries; Sternum; Surgical wound infection

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STERNUM; SURGICAL INFECTION; VASCULAR PEDICLE; WOUND COMPLICATION;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MAMMARY-CORONARY ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERIES; MEDIASTINITIS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STERNUM; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 62749116818     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2009.50.1.78     Document Type: Article

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