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LT and RZ designed the study and developed the database. LT and RZ performed the statistical analyses and drafted the manuscript. RZ wrote the manuscript. AG critically revised the statistical analysis, the study design and the manuscript. AM critically revised the manuscript in cooperation with the co-authors and interpreted the data. HH critically revised the microbiological findings. RA, as the department chair, supported this study and participated in designing the study. RA and JS critically revised the manuscript. RZ collected the patient data. All the authors have read and approved the submitted version of the manuscript.
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Lachmandath T, Rachad Z, Helga H, Jan S, Andreas G, Rüdiger A, et al. Does percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy increase the incidence of sternal wound infection - a single center retrospective of 4100 cases. Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery. 2015;10:155. doi:10.1186/s13019-015-0365-z.
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Tewarie, L., Zayat, R., Haefner, H. et al. Erratum to: Does percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy increase the incidence of sternal wound infection - a single center retrospective of 4100 cases. J Cardiothorac Surg 11, 26 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13019-016-0423-1
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