The number of wires for sternal closure has a significant influence on sternal complications in high-risk patients

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 665-670

  Kamiya, Hiroyuki ^a   Al Maisary, Sameer S A ^b   Akhyari, Payam ^a   Ruhparwar, Arjang ^b   Kallenbach, Klaus ^b   Lichtenberg, Artur ^a   Karck, Matthias ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Sternal closure; Sternal complications; Wires

Indexed keywords

AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STERNAL WIRE; STERNUM; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SUTURING METHOD; THORAX SURGERY; WIRE FIXATION; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

AGED; BONE WIRES; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CLOSURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84869456286     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivs293     Document Type: Conference Paper

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