Significant predictors of complications after sternal wound reconstruction: a 21-year experience.

Hamid R. Zahiri,Kimberly Lumpkins,Shahrooz S. Kelishadi,Yue Zhu,Daniel Medina,Alexandra Condé-Green,Ronald P. Silverman,Sheri Slezak,Nelson H. Goldberg,Luther H. Holton,Devinder P. Singh

Significant predictors of complications after sternal wound reconstruction: a 21-year experience.

2012

Hamid R. Zahiri
Kimberly Lumpkins
Shahrooz S. Kelishadi
Yue Zhu
Daniel Medina
Alexandra Condé-Green
Ronald P. Silverman
Sheri Slezak
Nelson H. Goldberg
Luther H. Holton
Devinder P. Singh

BackgroundWe sought to identify patient comorbidities that predict complications after tissue flap sternal reconstruction.MethodsA retrospective study, December 1989 to December 2010, analyzed numerous comorbidities, including diabetes mellitus (DM), hypertension (HTN), coronary artery disease, cong

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Surgery
Medicine
Retrospective cohort study
Hematoma
Fisher's exact test
Wound dehiscence
Coronary artery disease
Mediastinitis
Heart failure
Diabetes mellitus

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