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. 2016 Oct;152(4):962-72.

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.01.060. Epub 2016 Aug 8.

Prevention and management of sternal wound infections

Harold L Lazar¹, Thomas Vander Salm², Richard Engelman³, Dennis Orgill⁴, Steven Gordon⁵

Affiliations

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¹ Division of Cardiac Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Mass. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Division of Cardiac Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass.
³ Division of Cardiac Surgery, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Mass.
⁴ Division of Plastic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Mass.
⁵ Division of Infectious Diseases, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.

PMID: 27555340
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.01.060

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Review

Prevention and management of sternal wound infections

Harold L Lazar et al. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2016 Oct.

Free article

. 2016 Oct;152(4):962-72.

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.01.060. Epub 2016 Aug 8.

Authors

Harold L Lazar¹, Thomas Vander Salm², Richard Engelman³, Dennis Orgill⁴, Steven Gordon⁵

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiac Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Mass. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Division of Cardiac Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass.
³ Division of Cardiac Surgery, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Mass.
⁴ Division of Plastic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Mass.
⁵ Division of Infectious Diseases, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.

PMID: 27555340
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.01.060

No abstract available

Keywords: guidelines; prevention; sternal wound infection; treatment.

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Rules and tools: The impact of policy and consensus statements on sternal infection.
Balsam LB, DeAnda A Jr. Balsam LB, et al. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2016 Oct;152(4):973-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.01.041. Epub 2016 Feb 12. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2016. PMID: 26952927 No abstract available.

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