Risk factors for 1-year mortality after postoperative deep sternal wound infection.
Eero HämäläinenJari Olavi LaurikkaHeini HuhtalaOtso JärvinenPublished in: Scandinavian journal of surgery : SJS : official organ for the Finnish Surgical Society and the Scandinavian Surgical Society (2022)
The risk factors found for increased 1-year mortality were all postoperative. The quality of surgical treatment as well as precise postoperative care and evaluation remain the most important factors to decrease later mortality due to deep sternal wound infections.