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Quality improvement: chest support to aid recovery following median sternotomy in female cardiac patients

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Quality improvement: chest support to aid recovery following median sternotomy in female cardiac patients

Ana Castells, Angela Neville, Ann Jakeman, Carlos Morais, Clair Mullins, Dahnia Gibb, Hannah Ashpole, Joseph Viana, Melissa Rochon, Natalie Gott, Toufan Bahrami
30 June 2017

Surgical site infection (SSI) following CABG surgery affects approximately 1 in 25 patients (Public Health England [PHE], 2016), though the true burden of SSI is suggested to be much higher.

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