Sternotomy after muscle flap repair of sternal osteomyelitis and mediastinitis.
A 61-year-old man who had undergone aortocoronary bypass developed sternal osteomyelitis and mediastinitis which required sternal debridement and muscle flap interposition. Two years later the midline incision was used for an orthotopic heart transplantation. No major technical difficulties were encountered at the time of transplantation.
De Varennes
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Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
Tchervenkov
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Kerrigan
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Dobell
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D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008480:Mediastinitis / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009132:Muscles / Q000637:transplantation*; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D013249:Sternum / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods*; D013896:Thoracic Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods