Sternal reentry in a patient with previous deep sternal wound infection managed with horizontal titanium plate fixation.

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Richard BaillotPierre Voisine

Abstract

Redo open-heart surgery and sternal reentry in patients with previous deep sternal wound infection (DSWI) and absence of sternal integrity can be a delicate and morbid task due the lack of a dissection plane between the heart and the surrounding soft tissues. Delayed sternal reconstruction and osteosynthesis with horizontal titanium plating fixation (Synthes) following vacuum assisted therapy (KCI) has recently been proposed and adopted for the treatment of DSWI. We present such a case of a patient who was successfully reoperated for valve replacement three years after coronary artery bypass grafting complicated by DSWI and initially treated with titanium plate fixation.

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Sep 3, 2011·Asian Cardiovascular & Thoracic Annals·Salvatore Lentini, Francesco Monaco

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