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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Median Sternotomy"”.
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Biomechanical Comparison of Wire Circlage and Rigid Plate Fixation for Median Sternotomy Closure in Human Cadaver Specimens
… ultimate load, and post-yield behavior of three sternotomy closure methods (Peristernal wires or Sternalock titanium plates) when stressed in each of three directions: lateral distraction, rostro-caudal (longitudinal) shear distraction, and anterior-posterior (transverse) shear in a cadaveric …
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Post cardiac surgery sternal wound sepsis burden, risk factors and outcomes at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa: a five-year experience
… record review of cardiac surgeries via median sternotomy over a five-year period to identify cases of SWI. Results Between 2012-16, 1319 patients underwent median sternotomy. Thirty-four (2.6%) patients developed SWI; eighteen (1.4%) patients developed deep sternal wound infection …
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The prevention and diagnosis of central venous catheter-related infection
… with surgical site infection (SSI) following median sternotomy. This epidemiological investigation revealed that common strains of CoNS and 51 aureus where not associated with infection in patients with CR-BSI or sternal SSI during the study period. Furthermore, there was no correlation …