Management of an infected Hancock prosthesis after repair of truncus arteriosus.
This report described a case in which purulent mediastinitis involving a Hancock prosthesis developed after repair of truncus arteriosus in a 6-year-old boy. The graft and surrounding area became sterilized after having been irrigated with povidone-iodine and antibiotic solutions for 6 weeks. At his most recent visit, the child was completely active and asymptomatic.
D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008480:Mediastinitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D011206:Povidone-Iodine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011664:Pulmonary Valve / Q000637:transplantation*; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D013552:Swine; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014339:Truncus Arteriosus, Persistent / Q000601:surgery*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D011206:Povidone-Iodine