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Table 5 No significant differences between types of operation were observed (ANOVA)

From: The concept of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) after poststernotomy mediastinitis – a single center experience with 54 patients

Type of Surgery

N

Expected risk for mediastinits [%]

Observed incidence of mediasitnitis [%]

Observed/Expected

On-PCAB

1671

1,1

1,6

1,4

O(ff)-PCAB

917

1,0

0,4

0,4

Valve&CABG

710

1,3

1,7

1,3

Aortic surgery

229

1,2

0,4

0,1

Isolated Valves

2582

1,1

1,2

1,0

Double valves

76

1,1

1,3

4,2

Re-do valves

106

1,5

0,9

0,2

Miscellaneous

174

1,1

1,7

1,7