Vacuum-assisted closure in the treatment of poststernotomy mediastinitis.
case_series · Level IV
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Abstract
A new technique using vacuum-assisted closure was successfully applied in 3 patients with poststernotomy mediastinitis. After surgical debridement, this vacuum-assisted closure technique has made it possible to avoid the need for secondary surgical closure (including direct secondary surgical closure and secondary surgical closure by use of vascularized muscle flaps). A healed stable sternotomy wound can be achieved using this new technique.
Medical subject headings
- Mediastinitis
- Sternum
- Surgical Wound Infection
- Vacuum