TY  - JOUR
T1  - TReating sternal wound infections after cardiac surgery with an implantable gentamicin-collagen sponge
AU  - Friberg Ö, Svedjeholm R, Söderquist B
Y1  - 2010/11/17
N1  - 10.1001/jama.2010.1613
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 2123
EP  - 2124
VL  - 304
IS  - 19
N2  - 
This contradicts the results of our Swedish 2-center randomized controlled trial of 2000 patients in which we found a 53% reduction in sternal wound infection rate.2 A follow-up study after many years of use of prophylaxis showed a maintained effect.3 Because of financial limitations, our investigator-initiated study did not incorporate quality-control measures comparable with the study by Bennett-Guerrero et al. However, there are other important differences between the trials.

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.2010.1613
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2010.1613
ER  -