Reconstruction for sternal osteomyelitis at the lower third of sternum

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 633-641

  Lee, Chao Hsiang ^a   Hsien, Jung Hsien ^b   Tang, Yueh Bih ^b   Chen, Hung Chi ^c  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c E DA HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Lower third sternal wound; Muscle flap; Reconstruction; Sternal osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE FLAP; OSTEOMYELITIS; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SKIN GRAFT; STERNUM; SURGICAL WOUND;

ADULT; AGED; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OSTEOMYELITIS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STERNUM; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 77649234993     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2009.01.057     Document Type: Article

References (42)

1. Julian O.C., Lopez-Belio M., Dye W.S., et al. The median sternal incision in intracardiac surgery with extracorporeal circulation: a general evaluation of its use in heart surgery. Surgery 42 (1957) 753-761
2. Smith J.M., Glasser R.S., Osborne B., et al. Sternal wound complications after open heart surgery: Results from 3524 consecutive operative procedures. Contemp Surg 43 (1993) 197
3. Martin R.D. The management of infected sternotomy wounds. Ann Plast Surg 22 (1989) 243
4. Ottino G., De Paulis R., Pansini S., et al. Major sternal wound infection after open-heart surgery: A multivariate analysis of risk factors in 2,579 consecutive operative procedures. Ann Thorac Surg 44 (1987) 173
5. Culliford A.T., Cunningham J.N., Zeff R.H., et al. Sternal and costochondral infections following open-heart surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 72 (1976) 714
6. Sarr M.G., Gott V.L., Townsend T.R., et al. Mediastinal infection after cardiac surgery. Ann Thorac Surg 38 (1984) 415
7. Breyer R.H., Mills S.A., Hudspeth A.S., et al. A prospective study of sternal wound complications. Ann Thorac Surg 37 (1984) 412
8. Robicsek K.F. Postoperative sterno-mediastinitis. Am Surg 66 (2000) 184
9. Grossi E.A., Culliford A.T., Krieger K.H., et al. A survey of 77 major infectious complications of median sternotomy: A review of 7,949 consecutive operative procedures. Ann Thorac Surg 40 (1985) 214
10. Weinstein R.A., Jones E.L., and Schwarzmann A.W. Sternal osteomyelitis and mediastinitis after open heart operation: Pathogenesis and prevention. Ann Thorac Surg 21 (1976) 442
11. Shumacker H.B., and Mandelbaum I. Continuous antibiotic irrigation in the treatment of infection. Arch Surg 86 (1963) 384
12. Lee A.B., Schimert G., Shaktin S., et al. Total excision of the sternum and thoracic pedicle transposition of the greater omentum: Useful stratagems in managing severe mediastinal infections following open heart surgery. Surgery 80 (1976) 433
13. Jurkiewicz M.J., Bostwick J., Hester T.R., et al. Infected median sternotomy wound: Successful treatment by muscle flaps. Ann Surg 191 (1979) 738
14. Pairolero P.C., and Arnold P.G. Managementof recalcitrant mediam sternotomy wounds. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 88 (1984) 357
15. Ringleman P.R., Vander-Kolk C.A., Cameron D., et al. Long-term results of flap reconstruction in median sternotomy wound infections. Plast Reconstr Surg 93 (1994) 1208
16. Pairolero P.C., Arnold P.G., Harris J.B., et al. Long-term results of pectoralis major muscle transposition for infected sternotomy wounds. Ann Surg 213 (1991) 583
17. Nahai F., Rand R., Hester R., et al. Primary treatment of infected sternotomy wound with muscle flaps: A review of 211 consecutive cases. Plast Reconstr Surg 84 (1989) 434
18. Iacobucci J.J., Stevenson T.R., Hall J.D., et al. Sternal osteomyelitis: Treatment with rectus abdominis muscle. Br J Plast Surg 42 (1989) 452
19. Lopez-Monjardin H., De-la-Pena-Salcedo A., Mendoza-Munoz M., et al. Omentum flap versus pectoralis major flap in the treatment of mediastinitis. Plast Reconstr Surg 101 (1998) 1481
20. Yuen J.C., Zhou A.T., Serafin D., et al. Long-term sequelae following median sternotomy wound infection and flap reconstruction. Ann Plast Surg 35 (1995) 585
21. Scullly H.E., Leclerc Y., Martin R.D., et al. Comparison between antibiotic irrigation and mobilization of pectoral muscle flaps in treatment of deep sternal infections. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 90 (1985) 523
22. Schulman N.H., and Subramanian V. Sternal wound reconstruction: 252 consecutive cases. The Lenox Hill experience. Plast Reconstr Surg 114 (2004) 44
23. Neale H.W., Kreilein J.G., Schreiber J.T., et al. Complete sternectomy for chronic osteomyelitis with reconstruction using a rectus abdominis myocutaneous island flap. Ann Plast Surg 6 (1981) 305-314
24. Dejesus R.A., Paletta J.D., Dabb R.W., et al. Reconstruction of the median sternotomy wound dehiscence using the latissimus dorsi myocutaneous flap. J Cardiovasc Surg 42 (2001) 359
25. Solomon M.P., and Granick M.S. Bipedicle muscle flaps in sternal wound repair. Plast Reconstr Surg 101 (1998) 356
26. Nahai F., Morales L., Bone D.K., et al. Pectoralis major muscle turnover flaps for closure of the infected sternotomy wound with preservation of form and function. Plast Reconstr Surg 70 (1982) 471
27. Fansa H., Handstein S., Schneider W., et al. Treatment of infected median sternotomy wounds with a myocutaneous latissimus dorsi muscle flap. Scand Cardiovasc J 32 (1998) 33-39
28. Jones G., Jurkiewicz M.J., Bostwick J., et al. Management of the infected median sternotomy wound with muscle flaps: The Emory 20 year experience. Ann Surg 225 (1997) 766
29. Ascherman J., Patel S., Malhotra S., et al. Management of sternal wounds with bilateral pectoralis major myocutaneous advancement flaps in 114 consecutively treated patients: Refinements in technique and outcomes analysis. Plast Reconstr Surg 114 (2004) 676
30. Castello J.R., Centella T., Garro L., et al. Muscle flap reconstruction for the treatment of major sternal wound infections after cardiac surgery: a 10-year analysis. Scand J Plast Reconstr Surg Hand Surg 33 (1999) 17-24
31. Davison S.P., Clemens M.W., Armstrong D., et al. Sternotomy wounds: rectus flap versus modified pectoral reconstruction. Plast Reconstr Surg 120 (2007) 929-934
32. Milano C., Georgiade G., Muhlbaier L.H., et al. Comparison of omental and pectoralis flaps for poststernotomy mediastinitis. Ann Thorac Surg 67 (1999) 377-381
33. Fernando B., Muszynski C., Mustoe T., et al. Closure of a sternal deficit with the rectus abdominis muscle after sacrifice of both internal mammary arteries. Ann Plast Surg 21 (1988) 468
34. Paletta C., Vogler G., Freedman B., et al. Viability of the rectus abdominis muscle following internal mammary artery ligation. Plast Reconstr Surg 92 (1993) 234-237
35. Francel T.J., Dufresne C.R., Baumgartner W.A., et al. Anatomic and clinical considerations of an internal mammary artery harvest. Arch Surg 127 (1992) 1107-1111
36. Netscher D.T., Eladoumikdachi F., Goodman C.M., et al. Rectus abdominis muscle flaps used successfully for median sternotomy wounds after ipsilateral internal mammary artery ligation. Ann Plast Surg 47 (2001) 223
37. Henriquez-Pino J.A., Gomes W.J., Prates J.C., et al. Surgical anatomy of the internal thoracic artery. Ann Thorac Surg. 64 (1997) 1041-1045
38. Irgau I., Fulda G.J., Hailstone D., et al. Internal mammary artery injury, anterior mediastinal hematoma, and cardiac compromise after blunt chest trauma. J Trauma. 39 (1995) 1018-1021
39. Wilkinson J., Jacob T.D., Armitage J., et al. Avulsion of the internal mammary artery caused by blunt trauma. Ann Emerg Med. 22 (1993) 1762-1765
40. Hultman C.S., Culbertson J.H., Jones G.E., et al. Thoracic reconstruction with the omentum: Indications, complications, and results. Ann. Plast. Surg. 46 (2001) 242
41. Tsai F.C., Chen H.C., Chen S.H., et al. Free deepithelialized anterolateral thigh myocutaneous flaps for chronic intractable empyema with bronchopleural fistula. Ann Thorac Surg 74 (2002) 1038-1042
42. Chen H.C., Tang Y.B., Noordhoff S.M., et al. Microvascular free muscle flaps for chronic empyema with bronchopleural fistula when the major local muscles have been divided: one stage operation with primary wound closure. Ann Plast Surg 24 (1990) 510-516