2003
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5223(03)00200-9
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Risk factors for leg harvest surgical site infections after coronary artery bypass graft surgery

Abstract: Consistent with previous studies, female gender and obesity were identified as independent risk factors for leg harvest site infection, while previous cerebrovascular accident, postoperative transfusion, and older age are newly described risk factors. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons database is a useful tool for identification of predictors of leg harvest site infections.

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“…Notably, more than half of these were studies of patients undergoing cardiac surgeries. 61,64,65,67,68 Previous authors have posited that women may be at higher risk for SSI after cardiac surgery because they have smaller arteries that put them at higher risk for surgical complications, 69 they are more likely to have emergency versus elective cardiac surgery, 61 or their pendulous breasts place added tension on chest incisions, which raises the risk of infection. 67 …”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Notably, more than half of these were studies of patients undergoing cardiac surgeries. 61,64,65,67,68 Previous authors have posited that women may be at higher risk for SSI after cardiac surgery because they have smaller arteries that put them at higher risk for surgical complications, 69 they are more likely to have emergency versus elective cardiac surgery, 61 or their pendulous breasts place added tension on chest incisions, which raises the risk of infection. 67 …”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Hubo predominio de estudios transversales 8,13,15,16,19,21,22 : cuatro de cohortes [10][11][12]17 , en dos de ellos los pacientes fueron pareados según edad, índice de riesgo quirúrgico, fecha de cirugía, tipo de procedimiento y cirujano 10,11 y dos fueron longitudinales 14,18 .…”
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“…Cuatro estudios (28,6%) involucraron procedimientos ortopédicos 14,18,21,22 ; cuatro (28,6%) fueron de intervenciones quirúrgicas sin especificar la especialidad 8,10,11,19 ; dos (14,3%) fueron de cirugía cardíaca 13,17 ; uno (7,1%) de intervenciones vasculares 20 ; uno (7,1%) de mastectomías o reconstrucciones mamarias 12 ; uno (7,1%) de lifting facial 15 y uno (7,1%) de colecistectomías, apendicectomías e histerectomías 16 .…”
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