title: [Suppurative mediastinitis in the surgery of ischemic heart disease].
abstract: Results of the surgical treatment of 16 patients with anterior purulent mediastinitis following operations of aorto-coronary shunting and resection of heart aneurysm are analyzed. A closed method of the treatment was used in 8 patients with mediastinitis. An open method with wide opening of the wound and following secondary sutures was used in 4 patients. Patent aorto-coronary shunts were noted in 30,0% after the open method of treatment of mediastinitis and in 78,6% after the closed one.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008480:Mediastinitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013492:Suppuration
vernacular_title: Gnoinyĭ mediastinit v khirurgii ishemicheskoĭ bolezni serdtsa.