Topical Vancomycin in Cardiac surgery to reduce Sternal wound Infections: A Randomized Controlled trial at a Tertiary Cardiac Care facility
Open Access
- 5 February 2019
- journal article
- Published by Peertechz Publications Private Limited in Journal of Surgery and Surgical Research
- Vol. 5 (1), 015-018
- https://doi.org/10.17352/2455-2968.000061
Abstract
To determine the effectiveness of topical vancomycin in reducing the incidence of sternal wound infections (SWI) in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery.Keywords
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