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Gentamicin collagen sponges for the prevention of sternal wound infection: A meta- analysis of randomized controlled trials  Michael N. Mavros, MD, Pantelis.

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1 Gentamicin collagen sponges for the prevention of sternal wound infection: A meta- analysis of randomized controlled trials  Michael N. Mavros, MD, Pantelis K. Mitsikostas, MD, Vangelis G. Alexiou, MD, MSc, George Peppas, MD, PhD, Matthew E. Falagas, MD, MSc, DSc  The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery  Volume 144, Issue 5, Pages (November 2012) DOI: /j.jtcvs Copyright © 2012 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

2 Figure 1 Flow diagram of reviewed studies. No additional articles were identified through hand searching. RCT, Randomized controlled trial. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.jtcvs ) Copyright © 2012 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

3 Figure 2 Forest plots depicting the RRs of SWI for GCS versus control (vertical line = “no difference” point between the 2 regimens; squares = risk ratios; diamonds = pooled RRs for all RCTs; horizontal lines = 95% CI). GCS, Gentamicin collagen sponge; M-H, Mantel-Heinzel; CI, confidence interval; SWI, sternal wound infection; df, degrees of freedom. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.jtcvs ) Copyright © 2012 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions


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