Abstract
Objective: Patients who develop sternal wound infections (SWI) following median sternotomy experience worse clinical outcomes and require longer and more costly care than patients without this complication. The majority of SWI in obese patients are triggered by the breakdown of skin sutures and subsequent seepage of skin flora. The purpose of this study was to evaluate negative pressure wound dressing treatment (NPWT) for the prevention of SWI. We hypothesized that NPWT for 6 – 7 days applied immediately after skin closure reduces the numbers of wound infections by skin flora.
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