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Risk factors and management of complications of sternotomy incisions in patients with open heart surgery /

Amr Mahmoud Shalaby

Risk factors and management of complications of sternotomy incisions in patients with open heart surgery / عوامل الخطورة وعلاج المضاعفات المترتبة على شق عظمة القص فى مرضى عمليات القلب المفتوح Amr Mahmoud Shalaby ; Supervised Mohammed Kadry Mohammed Kadry Mostafa , Khaled Makeen Elrefaie , Mohammed Adel Elbanna - Cairo : Amr Mahmoud Shalaby , 2009 - 127P. : facsimiles ; 25cm

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of General Surgery

Median sternotomy is the gold standard incision in open heart surgery one of its most serious complication is sternal wound infection and dehiscence the incidence of this complication was known to be about 0.15 - 20%



Open heart surgery Risk factors Sternotomy