The Linköping experience--ups and downs.
This is a brief single-centre report of experiences regarding different prophylactic measures against sternal wound infection during a period of about 10 years. It illustrates the difficulties associated with evaluating the effect of specific prophylactic methods in the clinical situation. Possible explanations for perceived shifts in the rate of wound infections are discussed.
Dahlin
Lars-Göran
LG
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Linköping Heart Center, University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden. lars.goran.dahlin@lio.se
D019072:Antibiotic Prophylaxis / Q000379:methods*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013548:Sweden