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Ann Thorac Surg 1996;62:1416-1417
© 1996 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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David A. Browdie, MD, R. Varick Bernstein, MD

Department of Surgery MeritCare Hospital of Fargo and University of North Dakota School of Medicine 720 4th St N Fargo, ND 58122

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See also page 1412.

This report documents the use of another method of white blood cell scanning in establishing the absence or presence of sternal wound infections after median sternotomy. The use of monoclonal antibody--99Tc, the prospective nature of the study, and the presence of a control group are notable, as is the zero hospital mortality rate in the albeit small group of patients with "scan-positive" infection. The advantages of tomographic scanning are demonstrated, . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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