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Review
. 2021 May 7:66:102382.
doi: 10.1016/j.amsu.2021.102382. eCollection 2021 Jun.

Effect of bilateral internal thoracic artery harvesting on deep sternal wound infection in diabetic patients: Review of literature

Matiullah Masroor  1   2 , Xianming Fu  1 , Umar Zeb Khan  3 , Yuan Zhao  1
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Review

Effect of bilateral internal thoracic artery harvesting on deep sternal wound infection in diabetic patients: Review of literature

Matiullah Masroor et al. Ann Med Surg (Lond). .

Abstract

Instead of its documented superiority of patency and long-term outcomes, the bilateral internal thoracic artery grafts are underused in the general population, and its use is controversial and debatable in diabetic patients due to long surgery duration, post-surgical bleeding, and sternal wound complications such as sternal wound infection, mediastinitis, and sternal wound dehiscence. This review article is particularly focused on deep sternal wound infection (DSWI) of bilateral internal thoracic artery (BITA) grafts in diabetic patients with comparison to single internal thoracic artery (SITA) graft.

Keywords: Bilateral internal thoracic artery (BITA); Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG); Deep sternal wound infection (DSWI); Diabetes mellitus (DM); Single internal thoracic artery (SITA).

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Conflict of interest statement

All authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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