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Table 3 Description of surgical technique: LITA = left internal thoracic artery; BITA = bilateral internal thoracic artery: OPCAB = off pump coronary artery bypass grafting; Beating heart = on pump beating heart; CPB = cardiopulmonary bypass; Others = other open heart surgery procedures

From: Prevention of sternal dehiscence with the Sternum External Fixation (Stern-E-Fix) corset – a randomized trial in 750 patients

Risk Factor

A. N = 380

B. N = 370

P-value

Use of ITA

78%

79.9%

0.592

LITA

73%

78.9%

-

BITA

5%

1%

-

Others

22%

20.1%

0.531

OPCAB

11.2%

12.7%

0.576

Beating heart

11.3%

8.5%

0.181

CPB

77.5%

78.8%

0.724

Mean CPB time (min)

59.6 (±33.3)

58.2 (±36.9)

0.575

Mean operation time (min)

93.5 (±45.9)

86.7 (±54.5)

0.186