Skeletonized versus pedicled internal thoracic artery and risk of sternal wound infection after coronary bypass surgery: Meta-analysis and meta-regression of 4817 patients

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 849-857

  De Oliveira Sá, Michel Pompeu Barros ^a,b,c   Ferraz, Paulo Ernando ^a,b   Escobar, Rodrigo Renda ^a,b   Vasconcelos, Frederico Pires ^a,b   Ferraz, Álvaro Antonio Bandeira ^c,d   Braile, Domingo Marcolino ^e   Lima, Ricardo Carvalho ^a,b  

^a PROCAPE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^d Division of General Surgery of Hospital das Clínicas de Pernambuco HC PE   (Brazil)

^e FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DE SÃO JOSÉ DO RIO PRETO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass; Mammary arteries; Meta analysis; Surgical wound infection

Indexed keywords

CHEST INFECTION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PEDICLED INTERNAL THORACIC ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKELETONIZED INTERNAL THORACIC ARTERY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STERNAL WOUND INFECTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; MAMMARY ARTERY; META ANALYSIS; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STERNOTOMY; SURGERY; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TRANSPLANTATION;

HUMANS; INTERNAL MAMMARY-CORONARY ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAMMARY ARTERIES; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 84878166121     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivt012     Document Type: Review

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