Primary closure of deep sternal wound infection following open heart surgery: a safe operation?

Levi, N; Olsen, P S

Levi, N; Olsen, P S.

Affiliation

Levi N; Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Rigshospitalet, The National University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.

J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino) ; 41(2): 241-5, 2000 Apr.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10901528

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Cardiac Surgical Procedures/adverse effects; Mediastinitis/drug therapy; Sternum/surgery; Surgical Wound Infection/drug therapy; Wound Healing; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bacteria/isolation & purification; Cardiopulmonary Bypass/adverse effects; Child; Child, Preschool; Drug Therapy, Combination/therapeutic use; Female; Humans; Incidence; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Male; Mediastinitis/microbiology; Mediastinitis/mortality; Middle Aged; Prospective Studies; Safety; Sternum/microbiology; Sternum/pathology; Surgical Wound Infection/etiology; Surgical Wound Infection/mortality; Survival Rate; Treatment Outcome

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Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Sternum / Surgical Wound Infection / Wound Healing / Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Mediastinitis Type of study: Etiology_studies / Incidence_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Adolescent / Adult / Aged / Aged80 / Child / Child, preschool / Female / Humans / Infant / Male Language: En Journal: J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino) Year: 2000 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Denmark Country of publication: Italy

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