The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 138, Issue 4 , Page 1038, October 2009

Reply to the Editor

Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, CVT Surgical Center, Baton Rouge, La

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CTSNet classification: 2, 18

 

Thank you for your response concerning my editorial on hepatitis C virus. The statement to which you refer is a suggestion referable to a cardiac surgeon who continues to be hepatitis C virus positive and wishes to keep operating. In this specific circumstance, it might be that the low incidence of surgeon-to-patient transmission could be further reduced by eliminating the surgeon's handling of sternal wires. This is supposition only.

PII: S0022-5223(09)00874-5

doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.06.020

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  • Acute hepatitis C virus and the cardiac surgeon: An explanation needed

    Carlos-A. Mestres
    The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery October 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 4, Page 1038)

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 138, Issue 4 , Page 1038, October 2009

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