Open Reduction Internal Fixation Poststernotomy Mediastinitis

<table class="table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left"> </td><td align="center">Control</td><td align="center">ORIF</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Preoperative sternal instability</td><td align="center">65%</td><td align="center">87.5%</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Postoperative sternal instability</td><td align="center">25%</td><td align="center">11.1%</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Preoperative sternal instability decreases to a much greater degree in the ORIF experimental group than it does in the control group.

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Table 3: Open Reduction Internal Fixation Poststernotomy Mediastinitis 