PMID: 7025771Sep 1, 1981Paper

Delayed sternal closure following open-heart operation

The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
I GielchinskyR M Abel

Abstract

Between June, 1976, and December, 1980, 29 patients underwent delayed sternal closure at the Newark Beth Israel Medical Center. The indications were enlarged heart with tamponade when the mediastinum was closed, poor lung compliance, hemodynamic instability due to intractable arrhythmias or coagulopathy, and presence of a mediastinal assist device. Following an open-heart procedure, the retrosternal space may no longer accommodate the heart and approximation of the sternum will produce hypotension and elevation of right and left end-diastolic pressures. In such instances, only the skin is closed and between one to four days later, the wound is closed in a routine manner. There are several advantages of the procedure: hemodynamic stability; quick access to the heart for massage or evacuation of clots; and possibility of removing an intraaortic balloon in the ascending aorta without leaving a large Dacron tube. Of the 29 patients treated, 19 were long-term survivors and only 1 patient had a minor superficial wound infection. Although it is not recommended that this procedure be utilized routinely or indiscriminately, its judicious use will add flexibility in the management of selected and difficult cases.

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