Influence of deep sternal wound infection on long-term survival after cardiac surgery

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 668-673

  Colombier, Sebastian ^a   Kessler, Ulf ^a   Ferrari, Enrico ^a   von Segesser, Ludwig K ^a   Berdajs, Denis A ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Mediastinitis; Multi organ failure; Post sternotomy wound infections; Sepsis; Surgical complications

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DEEP STERNAL INFECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; MUSCLE FLAP; OBESITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; STERNUM; TIME FACTORS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84881623135     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.889191     Document Type: Article

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