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1774501

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-3-4
pubmed:abstractText
From January, 1986 to May, 1990 twenty one adult patients (men 16, women 5, age 64 +/- 7 years old) underwent transposition of the greater omentum to control mediastinal infection after coronary artery bypass surgery. Upon diagnosing mediastinitis, the mediastinum was drained open and irrigated with 0.5% povidone iodine-saline solution until the omental transposition. The interval between the diagnosis of mediastinitis and the omental transposition ranged from 0 to 171 (mean 19) days. Three quarters of the patients had the omentum transposed within 14 days. In nineteen of 21 patients (90%) the mediastinitis was effectively controlled. In the remaining two patients the infection could not be controlled and proceeded to succumb from multiple organ failure. There was no complication related to the omental transposition in itself. We conclude that transposition of the greater omentum is a safe and effective method for treating mediastinal infection after coronary artery bypass surgery.
pubmed:language
jpn
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0369-4739
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
39
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2152-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-7-27
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
[Treatment of mediastinal infection after coronary artery bypass surgery by transposition of the greater omentum].
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kokura Memorial Hospital, Kitakyushu, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract