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Vacuum - assisted sternal closure after a ' depression induced ischemic test' in severe mediastinitis

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العنوان: Vacuum - assisted sternal closure after a ' depression induced ischemic test' in severe mediastinitis
المؤلفون: F. Patanè, E. Zingarelli, F. Sansone, G. Cappuccio, RINALDI, Mauro
المساهمون: F. Patanè, E. Zingarelli, F. Sansone, G. Cappuccio, M. Rinaldi
سنة النشر: 2008
المجموعة: Università degli studi di Torino: AperTo (Archivio Istituzionale ad Accesso Aperto)
الوصف: We present a case of a 71-year-old patient with arterial myocardial revascularization and postoperative course complicated with sternal wound diastasis and subsequent mediastinitis. The patient underwent double revision of the mediastinum: the first in 13th and the second in 27th with total sternectomy. Although the resulting external exposure of pericardial cavity and grafts is a contraindication for using vacuum-assisted closure (VAC), we used it after a 'depression induced ischemic test' (DIIT) to evaluate ischemic threshold. After the VAC therapy period (from 32nd to 112th postoperative day), the sternal wound was ready to close. We think that VAC-therapy is a safe and economic approach in the treatment of serious substance loss even with pericardial cavity and graft exposure.
نوع الوثيقة: article in journal/newspaper
اللغة: English
Relation: info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/18475132; info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:000256204400012; volume:9; issue:6; firstpage:622; lastpage:624; numberofpages:3; journal:JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE; http://hdl.handle.net/2318/56371; info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-43549121003
الاتاحة: http://hdl.handle.net/2318/56371
Rights: info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.781621A3
قاعدة البيانات: BASE