Background Around 36,000 cardiac operations are undertaken in the United Kingdom
annually, with most procedures undertaken via median sternotomy. Wound complications …

Around 500 million adults in the world have diabetes mellitus, and the incidence is
increasing. Over 90% of type 2 diabetes mellitus cases are associated with dysbiosis of the …

A serious complication after cardiac surgery is sternal wound infection. Although incidence
rates vary worldwide, this complication raises significant concern in a certain patient …

Purpose Little is known about the experiences of people living with open surgical wounds.
These wounds are common and predominantly affect young and actively working people …

Sternal dehiscence is an important complication that increases mortality and morbidity in
cardiac surgery. Titanium plates have been used to reconstruct the chest wall for a long time …

Median sternotomy is the surgical method of choice for many procedures where one of the
main problems is the long post-operative wound healing process leading to sternal …

Background: Surgical site complications (SSCs) after median sternotomy, such as deep
sternal wound infection and sternal dehiscence, are rare but can be catastrophic. If …

Objectives: Identify the indications of repeat revascularisation. Review the challenges
anticipated with redo sternotomy in general and redo CABG in particular. Describe the …

Background. Sternal wound complications are serious events that occur after cardiac
surgery. Few studies have investigated the predictive value of chest X-ray radiological …

Methods: A retrospective medical record review was performed on 113 patients with an
incisional complication following median sternotomy. Functional status was assessed using …