Our experience using the vertical rectus abdominis muscle flap for reconstruction in 12 patients with dehiscence of a median sternotomy wound and mediastinitis

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 266-271

  Clarkson, James H W ^a,f   Probst, Fey ^b,f   Niranjan, Niri S ^c,f   Meuli, Claudia ^d   Vogt, Paul ^d   Lidman, Disa ^b,e   Andersson, Lena C ^b,e,f,g  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Specialist Clin Aesthetic R   (United Kingdom)

^c St Andrew's Centre for Plastic Surgery and Burns   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g Anelca Clinic   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mediastinitis; Sternal dehiscence; Sternal osteomyelitis; VRAM

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUSCLE FLAP; OSTEOMYELITIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PLASTIC SURGERY; STERNAL OSTEOMYELITIS; STERNOTOMY; STERNUM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL WOUND; TREATMENT FAILURE; VERTICAL RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE FLAP; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; STERNUM; SURGERY, PLASTIC; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0242298791     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02844310310000455     Document Type: Article

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