Class information for:
Level 1: MEDIASTINITIS//STERNAL CLOSURE//DEEP STERNAL WOUND INFECTION

Basic class information
ID Publications Average number
of references		 Avg. shr. active
ref. in WoS
7783 1249 21.3 72%


Bar chart of Publication_year

Last years might be incomplete

Classes in level above (level 2)


ID, lev.
above		 Publications Label for level above
2431 3649 MOYAMOYA DISEASE//MOYAMOYA//MOYAMOYA SYNDROME

Terms with highest relevance score


Rank Term Type of term Relevance score
(tfidf)		 Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences		 Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term		 Num. of
publ. in
class
1 MEDIASTINITIS Author keyword 53 33% 10% 130
2 STERNAL CLOSURE Author keyword 52 100% 1% 18
3 DEEP STERNAL WOUND INFECTION Author keyword 31 67% 2% 28
4 STERNAL DEHISCENCE Author keyword 29 72% 2% 23
5 STERNAL WOUND INFECTION Author keyword 27 63% 2% 27
6 POSTSTERNOTOMY MEDIASTINITIS Author keyword 18 89% 1% 8
7 DELAYED STERNAL CLOSURE Author keyword 17 75% 1% 12
8 STERNAL INFECTION Author keyword 15 63% 1% 15
9 STERNUM SURGERY Author keyword 9 48% 1% 14
10 STERNAL WOUND Author keyword 9 83% 0% 5

Web of Science journal categories

Author Key Words


Rank Web of Science journal category Relevance score
(tfidf)		 Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences		 Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term		 Num. of
publ. in
class		 LCSH search Wikipedia search
1 MEDIASTINITIS 53 33% 10% 130 Search MEDIASTINITIS Search MEDIASTINITIS
2 STERNAL CLOSURE 52 100% 1% 18 Search STERNAL+CLOSURE Search STERNAL+CLOSURE
3 DEEP STERNAL WOUND INFECTION 31 67% 2% 28 Search DEEP+STERNAL+WOUND+INFECTION Search DEEP+STERNAL+WOUND+INFECTION
4 STERNAL DEHISCENCE 29 72% 2% 23 Search STERNAL+DEHISCENCE Search STERNAL+DEHISCENCE
5 STERNAL WOUND INFECTION 27 63% 2% 27 Search STERNAL+WOUND+INFECTION Search STERNAL+WOUND+INFECTION
6 POSTSTERNOTOMY MEDIASTINITIS 18 89% 1% 8 Search POSTSTERNOTOMY+MEDIASTINITIS Search POSTSTERNOTOMY+MEDIASTINITIS
7 DELAYED STERNAL CLOSURE 17 75% 1% 12 Search DELAYED+STERNAL+CLOSURE Search DELAYED+STERNAL+CLOSURE
8 STERNAL INFECTION 15 63% 1% 15 Search STERNAL+INFECTION Search STERNAL+INFECTION
9 STERNUM SURGERY 9 48% 1% 14 Search STERNUM+SURGERY Search STERNUM+SURGERY
10 STERNAL WOUND 9 83% 0% 5 Search STERNAL+WOUND Search STERNAL+WOUND

Key Words Plus


Rank Web of Science journal category Relevance score
(tfidf)		 Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences		 Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term		 Num. of
publ. in
class
1 POSTOPERATIVE MEDIASTINITIS 119 77% 7% 82
2 MEDIASTINITIS 115 48% 14% 175
3 CONSECUTIVE OPERATIVE PROCEDURES 100 84% 4% 54
4 MEDIASTINAL INFECTION 91 94% 3% 32
5 STERNAL WOUND COMPLICATIONS 86 77% 5% 59
6 MEDIAN STERNOTOMY 60 31% 13% 158
7 POSTSTERNOTOMY MEDIASTINITIS 58 53% 6% 77
8 MEDIAN STERNOTOMY WOUNDS 57 95% 2% 19
9 MUSCLE FLAPS 46 37% 8% 100
10 SUPPURATIVE MEDIASTINITIS 42 94% 1% 15

Journals

Reviews


Title Publ. year Cit. Active
references		 % act. ref.
to same field
Poststernotomy mediastinitis: a review of conventional surgical treatments, vacuum-assisted closure therapy and presentation of the Lund University Hospital mediastinitis algorithm 2006 85 69 57%
Postoperative mediastinitis: Classification and management 1996 262 55 64%
Effectiveness of a gentamicin impregnated collagen sponge on reducing sternal wound infections following cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials 2012 6 8 88%
Disruption and infection of median sternotomy: a comprehensive review 2002 64 80 84%
Primary closure of median sternotomy: techniques and principles 2002 48 45 91%
PRIMARY-TREATMENT OF THE INFECTED STERNOTOMY WOUND WITH MUSCLE FLAPS - A REVIEW OF 211 CONSECUTIVE CASES 1989 121 20 85%
A review of sternal closure techniques 2013 2 51 71%
Daptomycin and its immunomodulatory effect consequences for antibiotic treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus wound infections after heart surgery 2014 2 42 31%
Role of topical application of gentamicin containing collagen implants in cardiac surgery 2014 1 52 50%
Spontaneous right ventricular disruption following treatment of sternal infection 2004 16 9 100%

Address terms


Rank Address term Relevance score
(tfidf)		 Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences		 Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term		 Num. of
publ.
in class
1 GESU MARIA HOSP 2 67% 0.2% 2
2 KARL LANDSTEINER CARDIOVASC SURG 2 67% 0.2% 2
3 MED PADUA 2 67% 0.2% 2
4 CARDIOVASC SURG PRONTO SOCORRO CARDIOL PERNAM 2 33% 0.3% 4
5 MOL EPIDEMIOL ANTIMICROBIALS 1 40% 0.2% 2
6 ABT PLAST ASTHET SPEZIELLE HANDCHIRURG 1 50% 0.1% 1
7 BAYLOR MED CARDIOTHORAC SURG 1 50% 0.1% 1
8 BRINDLEY FDN 1 50% 0.1% 1
9 BROOKE ARMY MED SURG 1 50% 0.1% 1
10 CARDIAC SCILIBIN CARDIOVASC ALBERTA 1 50% 0.1% 1

Related classes at same level (level 1)


Rank Relatedness score Related classes
1 0.0000217004 NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY//VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE//VAC THERAPY
2 0.0000179585 OMENTAL TRANSPOSITION//OMENTUM TRANSPOSITION//BRIDGING FLAP
3 0.0000178498 CHEST WALL RECONSTRUCTION//CHEST WALL RESECTION//CHEST WALL
4 0.0000088606 SURGICAL SITE INFECTIONS//AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL//POST DISCHARGE SURVEILLANCE
5 0.0000074593 ASCENDING AORTIC PSEUDOANEURYSM//AORTIC PSEUDOANEURYSM//AORTIC CANNULATION
6 0.0000069470 ANKAFERD BLOOD STOPPER//ANKAFERD//BONE WAX
7 0.0000066801 ENDOSCOPIC VEIN HARVESTING//INFRAPATELLAR BRANCH//ENDOSCOPIC VEIN HARVEST
8 0.0000065331 ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS//PERIOPERATIVE ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS//SURGICAL PROPHYLAXIS
9 0.0000065109 LAMINAR AIRFLOW//LAMINAR AIR FLOW//SCRUB SUITS
10 0.0000053944 INTERNAL THORACIC ARTERY//INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY//RADIAL ARTERY