[Single-stage management of postoperative sternal wound infection using a pectoral musculocutaneous flap]

Nihon Geka Gakkai Zasshi. 1993 Feb;94(2):185-8.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

Two patients with postoperative sternal wound infection were successfully treated by a pectral musculocutaneous flap. A single-stage procedure of debridement and immediate closure with a pectral musculocutaneous flap can eliminate irrigation, open wound management, or reoperation for closure. Therefore, this method is very safe, simple, and effective for the management of sternal wound infections.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Clinical Trial
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures*
  • Coronary Artery Bypass
  • Debridement
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Staphylococcal Infections / surgery*
  • Sternum*
  • Surgical Flaps*
  • Surgical Wound Infection / surgery*