Is skin closure with cyanoacrylate glue effective for the prevention of sternal wound infections?

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 793-796

  Chambers, Anthony ^a   Scarci, Marco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anti microbial sealant; Cardiac surgery; Cyanoacrylate; Surgical site infection; Thoracic surgery; Wound infection

Indexed keywords

CYANOACRYLATE; SEALANT; TISSUE ADHESIVE;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HEART INFARCTION; HEART SURGERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDIASTINITIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; STERNOTOMY; STERNUM; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; TOXICITY; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY STENOSIS; CYANOACRYLATES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ADHESIVES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 77954639276     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2009.230425     Document Type: Article

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