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Sternal wound infections following open heart surgery – a review

Tomas GudbjartssonDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Landspitali University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland; Correspondence[email protected]
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Anders JeppssonDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden;
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Johan SjögrenDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Skane University Hospital, Lund, Sweden;
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Steinn SteingrimssonDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Landspitali University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland;
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Arnar GeirssonDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Landspitali University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland;
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Orjan FribergDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Orebro University Hospital, Orebro, Sweden;
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Joel DunningDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK
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Pages 341-348 | Received 03 Mar 2016, Accepted 12 Apr 2016, Published online: 20 May 2016

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