Giliųjų krūtinės žaizdos infekcijų po širdies operacijos gydymas

Abstract

Deep sternal wound infection is one of the main complications after major cardiac surgery globally. Dealing with the infection and getting completely cured is very challenging, time-consuming and a costly process. Mortality and morbidity are still high after decades despite modern surgical techniques, drugs and protocols of prevention of infection preoperatively. Many different protocols and methods are performed and reported for the treatment of deep sternal wound infections.