Open Reduction Internal Fixation Poststernotomy Mediastinitis

Table 4

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

	Control	ORIF
	Number of patients (%)	Number of patients (%)
Preoperative sternal pain	14 (48%)	6 (20%)
Postoperative sternal instability	6 (67%)	1 (11%)