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Table 2 Time interval between primary sternotomy and clinical manifestations of DSWI

From: Bilateral-pectoral major muscle advancement flap combined with vacuum-assisted closure therapy for the treatment of deep sternal wound infections after cardiac surgery

 

DSWI

 

Time interval

Number (%)

Mean

≤7 days

3 (14.3)

20.7 days

8–14 days

9 (42.8)

 

15–28 days

7 (33.3)

 

≥29 days

2 (9.5)

 

Total

21