Triclosan-coated sutures do not reduce leg wound infections after coronary artery bypass grafting

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 411-415

  Seim, Bjorn Edvard ^a   Tonnessen, Theis ^a,b   Woldbaek, Per Reidar ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass grafting; Infection (leg wound); Surgery (complications)

Indexed keywords

POLYGLACTIN; TRICLOSAN;

ADULT; AORTA CLAMPING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERIAL COATING; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POLYGLACTIN SUTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; WOUND CLOSURE;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; SWEDEN; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TRICLOSAN;

EID: 84869440380     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivs266     Document Type: Article

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