title: The Linköping experience--ups and downs.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Linköping Heart Center, University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden. lars.goran.dahlin@lio.se
authors.forename: Lars-Göran
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Dahlin
mesh_terms: D019072:Antibiotic Prophylaxis / Q000379:methods*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013548:Sweden