Does the number of wires used to close a sternotomy have an impact on deep sternal wound infection?

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 219-223

  Shaikhrezai, Kasra ^a   Robertson, Faye L ^a   Anderson, Susan E ^a   Slight, Robert D ^b   Brackenbury, Edward T ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac; Sternum; Surgery Complications; Wound dehiscence; Wound infection

Indexed keywords

NITRATE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE WIRE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOXIA; INFECTION RISK; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL BACTEREMIA; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; WIRE FIXATION;

AGED; BONE WIRES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CLOSURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84869454616     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivs200     Document Type: Article

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