Nationwide trends in incidence of deep sternal wound infection after cardiac surgery and its association with long-term mortality.

In addition, a separate study on CABG patients in Iceland showed a trend of decreasing incidence in non-infectious sternal dehiscence after 2009, with no cases detected between 2010 and 2017 (excluding 2015) [ 23 ].

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Typically, after 2–4 days, the wound was reopened, and the foam was changed repeatedly until the wound had become granulated and no longer had signs of infection (negative cultures and a CRP below 50 mg/L and a decreasing trend), before closure.

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