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9536504

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-5-19
pubmed:abstractText
Infected sternotomy wounds, particularly if accompanied by osteomyelitis, mediastinitis or pericarditis, are associated with significant morbidity, prolonged hospitalization and a mortality of up to 50%. Until the introduction of muscle flaps, the therapy of choice was debridement and open granulation or catheter irrigation. From 1994 to 1996, 9 patients with infected median sternotomy wounds were treated with a single-stage radical debridement and wound closure with a pedicled myocutaneous latissimus dorsi muscle flap (LDM). One patient received, in addition, a rectus abdominis muscle turnover flap. Healing was uneventful in all cases, with no respiratory complications or chest-wall instability. Shoulder strength was also unaffected. Functional and aesthetic outcome was good. The LDM provides a safe flap with little donor site morbidity. Compared to the most local muscle flaps, an intact IMA is not required. At the same time, length and cost of hospital stay are decreased.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1401-7431
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
32
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
33-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Treatment of infected median sternotomy wounds with a myocutaneous latissimus dorsi muscle flap.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Handsurgery, Medical Faculty, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article