Does the number of wires used to close a sternotomy have an impact on deep sternal wound infection?

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Published in Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg on May 18, 2012

Authors

Kasra Shaikhrezai1, Faye L Robertson, Susan E Anderson, Robert D Slight, Edward T Brackenbury

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, NHS Lothian, Edinburgh, UK. kasrash@gmail.com

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