Deep Sternal Wound Complications: An Overview of Old and New Therapeutic Options

Leopold Rupprecht; Christof Schmid

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Open Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Deep Sternal Wound Complications: An Overview of Old and New Therapeutic Options

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Leopold Rupprecht and Christof Schmid

Open Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery 2013:6 9-19

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Published on 13 Jun 2013

DOI: 10.4137/OJCS.S11199

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Deep sternal wound complications represent a significant problem in current open heart surgery and still pose a tremendous challenge to surgeons. Over the years, many treatment modalities have been proposed, but only few found their way into daily clinical practice of cardiothoracic surgeons. A gold standard has not been defined yet. This review was designed to give an overview of the preferred surgical strategies.

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