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Prevention is the best way to »manage« poststernotomy infection. Since about three fourths of poststernotomy infections can be traced back to skin suture line problems followed by bacterial seepage from outside into the wound, primary incision healing, i.e., fast establishment of an antibacterial barrier by epithelialization is essential (Gårdlund et al. 2002).
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Grauhan, O. (2016). Primary Wound Management of Poststernotomy Infection. In: Horch, R., Willy, C., Kutschka, I. (eds) Deep Sternal Wound Infections. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-49766-1_7
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