Vancomycin paste in sternal wound infection prophylaxis—a genuine debate or futile attempts to justify flawed study? Mariusz Kowalewski, MD, Giuseppe.

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Vancomycin paste in sternal wound infection prophylaxis—a genuine debate or futile attempts to justify flawed study? Mariusz Kowalewski, MD, Giuseppe M. Raffa, MD, Roberto Lorusso, MD, PhD, Lech Anisimiowicz, MD, PhD, Harold L. Lazar, MD, PhD, Piotr Suwalski, MD, PhD The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 156, Issue 3, Pages 1128-1130 (September 2018) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.04.072 Copyright © 2018 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Percentage prevalence of vancomycin paste use and percentage incidence of deep sternal wound infection (DSWI) across reported time ranges in the article by Lander et al.4 The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2018 156, 1128-1130DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.04.072) Copyright © 2018 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2018 156, 1128-1130DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.04.072) Copyright © 2018 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions