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2130778

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-10-29
pubmed:abstractText
Mediastinal infection is one of serve and fatal complications after cardiac surgery, especially in the presence of an artificial graft. A case of successful treatment by using a pedicled omental flap for mediastinal infection in the presence of an external valved conduit is reported. a 10-year-old girl who had implanted the 12 mm porcine valved conduit for truncus arteriosus at age 9 months, underwent replacement of the old conduit with a 18 mm valved conduit. On the 9th postoperative day, as soon as mediastinal infection was proved by positive culture of the drainage from the chest tube, a reoperation was performed to debride and irrigate the mediastinum. Irrigation with povidone-iodine and antibiotics was continued for 3 weeks until improvement of CRP levels and negative drainage cultures. Then the heart and the valved conduit were wrapped with the pedicled omental flap and the skin was closed. She was without any evidence of infection for 3 months after operation. Use of a pedicled omental flap might be an effective method for treatment of mediastinal infection in the presence of an external conduit.
pubmed:language
jpn
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0003-9152
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
59
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
168-72
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-7-27
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
[Successful treatment by using a pedicled omental flap for mediastinal infection in the presence of a external valved conduit].
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shizuoka Children's Hospital, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Case Reports