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Author: search.filters.author.Celik, MehmetSubject: search.filters.subject.congenital heart disease

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    Sternotomy with electrocautery and sternal wound infection in congenital heart surgery in patients under 1 year of age
    (2021) Celik, Mehmet; Aygun, Fatih; Ozkan, Murat; 33896040
    Objective The present study aimed to compare the rate of wound site infection in patients <1 year of age who underwent sternotomy using electrocautery, a routinely performed procedure in our clinic, with those reported in the literature. Methods This double-center study included patients In our study, seven patients developed SSI, which was superficial in six (1.3%) patients and in the form of mediastinitis in one (0.2%) patient. Conclusion Sternotomy with electrocautery, which we consider an easy and safe method, was also not found to be statistically different from the other methods in terms of SWI.