Risk Factors for Deep Sternal Wound Infection after Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: a Case-Control Study.
Soslan EnginoevArian Arjomandi RadSergey EkimovDmitry Kondrat'evGasan MagomedovAlan AmirhanovBashir TsaroevAlexander ZiankouAnna MotrevaIgor ChernovDmitry TarasovBakytbek KadyralievMichel Pompeu B O SáPublished in: Brazilian journal of cardiovascular surgery (2021)
A BMI of >40 kg/m2, lower extremity artery disease, use of bilateral internal thoracic artery (BITA) graft, postoperative stroke, sepsis, reoperation due to postoperative complications and blood product requirement significantly increased the risk of sternal infection after OPCAB.