[The surgical reconstruction of the chest wall using muscle flaps in patients with mediastinitis following heart operations].
An assessment is made of the results of plastic closure of the chest in cases presenting mediastinitis. The analysis covers nineteen patients with a history of mediastinitis following open-heart surgery, treated by the same method of plastic reconstruction of the chest. The technique of plastic closure of the chest using a rotation muscle flap (pectoralis and right rectus abdominis muscles) is described.
D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D004322:Drainage; D006801:Humans; D008480:Mediastinitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods*; D013903:Thoracic Surgery / Q000379:methods*
Operativna rekonstruktsiia na grŭdnata stena s muskulni lamba pri bolni s mediastinit sled sŭrdechni operatsii.