Sternal wound infection following open heart surgery: appraisal of incidence,risk factors,changing bacteriologic pattern and treatment outcome |
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| Authors: | Kelechi Emmanuel Okonta Mohanraj Anbarasu Vijay Agarwal Jacob Jamesraj Valikapathalil Mathew Kurian Sethuratnam Rajan |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria;(2) Department of Cardiac Surgery, Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Madras Medical Mission, Chennai, India; |
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| Abstract: | Background The incidence of Sternal wound infection as reported worldwide is 0.43–2.3% [1–7]. The incidence is low and has serious effects on the patients in terms of the morbidity, hospital stay, cost as well as mortality. This study proposes to identify the risk factors, changing bacteriologic and the treatment outcomes. |
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