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Clinical Trial
. 1989 Aug 28;151(35):2192-3.

[Wound infection following heart surgery]

[Article in Danish]
E Garne, D B Merrild
  • PMID: 2781664
Clinical Trial

[Wound infection following heart surgery]

[Article in Danish]
E Garne et al. Ugeskr Laeger. .

Abstract

Two hundred patients who had been submitted to cardiac surgery were subdivided at random into two groups with removal of the dressings on the first or fifth postoperative day. The risk of wound infection was demonstrated to be identical in the two groups. Early removal of the dressings is therefore recommended.

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