* Mann-Whitney U test
Table 1. Demographic characteristics of the groups (BMI: Body mass index, COPD: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, MI: Myocardial infarction)
There was no significant difference between the perioperative cross-clamp times of the patients, total pump times and the number of bypasses performed (Table 2).
As mediastinitis presented in one patient in the diabetic patient group, antibiotic treatment was started according to the culture result and VAC treatment was applied. While VAC of the patient was changed every 3 days, the wound culture was taken and followed up at the same time. After reaching negative culture results twice the sternotomy incision was closed primarily.
No hospital mortality was detected in our study.