Implantable Antibiotic Sponge Fails To Reduce Surgical Wound Infection Rate
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
The use of implantable gentamicin-impregnated collagen sponges did not reduce the sternal wound infection rate following cardiac surgery in a prospective, randomized trial of 1,502 patients who were at high risk of infection because of diabetes and/or obesity