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In industrialized countries, surgical site deep sternal wound infections (DSWIs) occur in up to 12% of sternotomy procedures (2006–2015, 56 articles, total n = 401,671 observed patients; see Chap. 6).
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Grauhan, O., Willy, C. (2016). Prevention of Poststernotomy Wound Infections by Closed Incision Negative Pressure Therapy. In: Horch, R., Willy, C., Kutschka, I. (eds) Deep Sternal Wound Infections. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-49766-1_15
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