Risk factors for sternal wound infection after open-heart operations: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT: We aimed to quantitatively and systematically elucidate the rationality of the examined variables as independent risk factors for sternal wound infection. We searched databases to screen studies, ascertained the variables to be analysed, extracted the data and applied meta-analysis to each qualified variable. Odds ratios and mean differences were considered to be the effect sizes for binary and continuous variables, respectively. A random-effects model was used for these procedures. The source of heterogeneity was evaluated using a meta-regression. Publication bias was tested by funnel plot and Egger's test, the significant results of which were then calculated using trim and fill analysis. We used a sensitivity analysis and bubble chart to describe their robustness. After screening all va

SUBMITTER: Chen D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10898401 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature