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Cardiology Management

Reducing-surgical-site-infections-after-heart-surgeries

2014 29 Jul

One of the most common postoperative complications seen after open heart surgeries is an infection at the surgical site. The infection can develop in the surgical wound of either the patient's sternum or leg. It is believed that surgical site infections (SSIs) affect 2 to 20% of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) procedures and can be devastating...Read more