Poststernotomy mediastinitis, also commonly called deep sternal wound infection, is one of
the most feared complications in patients undergoing cardiac surgery. The overall incidence …

Understanding the biomechanics of midline sternotomy repair is important to successful
surgical outcome. High-risk patients, particularly those with immunosuppression, diabetes …

Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), the Surgical Infection Society (SIS), and the
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA). This work represents an update to …

Abstract Objective: During 1992–2000, postoperative mediastinitis developed after 126
(1.32%) of 9557 consecutive cardiac surgery procedures. The study was done to describe …

Background: Deep sternal wound infection (DSWI) remains a serious complication after
cardiac surgery. New evolving techniques including the utilization of internal mammary …

BACKGROUND: Postoperative mediastinitis is one of the most feared complications in
patients who undergo cardiac surgery because in addition to a high mortality rate (10% to …

Staphylococcus aureus is the most common cause of hospital-acquired bacteremia. From
1995 through 2000, data on age, sex, patient specialty at time of first bacteremia, primary …

Background Mediastinitis is a rare, but serious complication of cardiac surgery. It has a
significant socioeconomic impact and high morbidity. The purpose of this study was to …

Staphylococcus aureus is the main cause of surgical site infection (SSI) after major heart
surgery (MHS), with the patient's endogenous flora as the principal source. However, the …

Background This study evaluated whether risk factors for sternal wound infections vary with
the type of surgical procedure in cardiac operations. Methods This was a university hospital …