Factors Predisposing to Median Sternotomy Complications

Sternal wound complications after isolated coronary artery bypass grafting: Early and late mortality, morbidity, and cost of care

Floyd D. Loop, Bruce W. Lytle, Delos M. Cosgrove et al. · The Annals of Thoracic Surgery · 1990 · 740 citations · Full text

Cardiac Surgery, Sternal Wound Complications, Thoracic Surgery +9

Major Sternal Wound Infection after Open-Heart Surgery: A Multivariate Analysis of Risk Factors in 2,579 Consecutive Operative Procedures

Gianmaria Ottino, Ruggero De Paulis, Stefano Pansini et al. · The Annals of Thoracic Surgery · 1987 · 379 citations · Full text

Open-heart Surgery, Patient Safety, Cardiology +8

Sternal and costochondral infections following open-heart surgery

Alfred T. Culliford, Joseph N. Cunningham, Robert H. Zeff et al. · Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery · 1976 · 358 citations

Heart Failure, Adult Cardiac Surgery, Open-heart Surgery +8

Risks of bilateral internal mammary artery bypass grafting

Nicholas T. Kouchoukos, Thomas H. Wareing, Suzan F. Murphy et al. · The Annals of Thoracic Surgery · 1990 · 329 citations

Medicine, Surgery, Vascular Surgery +1

Sternal wound infections and use of internal mammary artery grafts

Eugene A. Grossi, Loren J. Harris, Gregory Crooke et al. · Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery · 1991 · 308 citations