Does percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy increase the incidence of sternal wound infection - a single center retrospective of 4100 cases

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[2] Koch D(2000)The clinical and economic impact of deep chest surgical site infections following coronary artery bypass graft surgery Chest 118 397-75

[3] Kuss O(2001)Superficial and deep sternal wound complications: incidence, risk factors and mortality Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 20 1168-30

[4] Silber RE(2007)Superficial and deep sternal wound infection after more than 9000 coronary artery bypass graft (CABG): incidence, risk factors and mortality BMC Infect Dis 7 112-83

[5] Friedrich I(2002)Postoperative mediastinitis in cardiac surgery - microbiology and pathogenesis Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 21 825-9

[6] Boergermann J(2001)Poststernotomy mediastinitis due to Staphylococcus aureus: comparison of methicillin-resistant and methicillin-susceptible cases Clin Infect Dis 32 877-401

[7] Hollenbeak CS(2009)Emerging role of Candida in deep sternal wound infection Ann Thorac Surg 88 1905-4

[8] Murphy DM(1997)Coagulase-negative staphylococcal sternal wound infections after open heart operations Ann Thorac Surg 63 395-6

[9] Koenig S(1997)Bernaldo de Quiros JC, Desco M, Vallejo JL, Bouza E. Postsurgical mediastinitis: a case-control study Clin Infect Dis 25 1060-40

[10] Woodward RS(2007)Staphylococcus aureus poststernotomy mediastinitis: description of two distinct acquisition pathways with different potential preventive approaches J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 134 670-8

[1] Diez C(2007)Risk factors for mediastinitis after cardiac surgery - a retrospective analysis of 1700 patients J Cardiothorac Surg 2 23-402

[2] Koch D(2000)The clinical and economic impact of deep chest surgical site infections following coronary artery bypass graft surgery Chest 118 397-75

[3] Kuss O(2001)Superficial and deep sternal wound complications: incidence, risk factors and mortality Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 20 1168-30

[4] Silber RE(2007)Superficial and deep sternal wound infection after more than 9000 coronary artery bypass graft (CABG): incidence, risk factors and mortality BMC Infect Dis 7 112-83

[5] Friedrich I(2002)Postoperative mediastinitis in cardiac surgery - microbiology and pathogenesis Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 21 825-9

[6] Boergermann J(2001)Poststernotomy mediastinitis due to Staphylococcus aureus: comparison of methicillin-resistant and methicillin-susceptible cases Clin Infect Dis 32 877-401

[7] Hollenbeak CS(2009)Emerging role of Candida in deep sternal wound infection Ann Thorac Surg 88 1905-4

[8] Murphy DM(1997)Coagulase-negative staphylococcal sternal wound infections after open heart operations Ann Thorac Surg 63 395-6

[9] Koenig S(1997)Bernaldo de Quiros JC, Desco M, Vallejo JL, Bouza E. Postsurgical mediastinitis: a case-control study Clin Infect Dis 25 1060-40

[10] Woodward RS(2007)Staphylococcus aureus poststernotomy mediastinitis: description of two distinct acquisition pathways with different potential preventive approaches J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 134 670-8