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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Suspicious CT Findings Suggesting Mediastinitis or Sternal Osteomyelitis in Clinically Uninfected Patients After Cardiac Surgery: A 10-Year Single-Center Retrospective Study.

Maged Makhoul, Lilian Khoury, Noa Leizarowitz, Roi Glam, Tom Friedman, Farouk Khury, Shafra Mubarak, M Yousuf Salmasi, Gil Bolotin

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Maged MakhoulDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa 3109601, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-4487-1153
Lilian KhouryClinical Biochemistry Laboratory, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa 3109601, Israel.
Noa LeizarowitzDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa 3109601, Israel.
Roi GlamDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa 3109601, Israel.
Tom FriedmanDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa 3109601, Israel.
Farouk KhuryDivision of Orthopedic Surgery, Rambam Medical Center, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Haifa 3109601, Israel.ORCID 0000-0003-4882-209X
Shafra MubarakDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Harefield Hospital, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, Harefield, Middlesex UB9 6JH, UK.
M Yousuf SalmasiDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Harefield Hospital, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, Harefield, Middlesex UB9 6JH, UK.
Gil BolotinDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa 3109601, Israel.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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cardiac surgeryCT scanmediastinitissternal osteomyelitis

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PMID42196860
PMCPMC13205226

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