Prevention and management of sternal wound infections

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 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: harold.l.lazar@gmail.com.
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.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Humans
Practice Guidelines as Topic*
Sternotomy
Sternum / microbiology*
Sternum / surgery*
Surgical Wound Infection / microbiology*
Surgical Wound Infection / prevention & control*