Primary omental-flap surgery for post-sternotomy acute medistinitis [1]

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 765-

  Totaro, Pasquale ^a   Borghetti, Valentino ^a   Lanzi, Sabina ^a   Minzioni, Gaetano ^a  

^a Civic Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mediastinitis; Omental flap; Sternotomy

Indexed keywords

LETTER; MEDIASTINITIS; MORTALITY; OMENTUM; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ACUTE DISEASE; HUMANS; MEDIASTINITIS; OMENTUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; STERNUM; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0036204666     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(02)00048-9     Document Type: Letter

References (5)

1. Aggressive primary treatment for poststernotomy acute mediastinitis: our experience with omental- and muscle flaps surgery
2. Continuous antibiotic irrigation in the treatment of infection
3. Total excision of the sternum and thoracic pedicle transposition of the greater omentum
4. Sternal wound complications after isolated coronary artery bypass grafting: early and late mortality, morbidity and cost of care
5. Wound complications after median sternotomy