Salvage of infected truncus repair using rifampicin-impregnated gelatin-sealed graft.
An infant suffered sternal infection and ventricular septal patch dehiscence after a truncus arteriosus repair. Successful reoperation used rifampicin-impregnated gelatin-sealed Dacron to repair the recurrent ventricular septal defect and replace the contaminated conduit. This was an effective solution to a potentially lethal surgical complication.
French
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Adolph Basser Institute of Cardiology, Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia.
Chard
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Sholler
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GF
Cartmill
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D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D005780:Gelatin; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery; D012293:Rifampin / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000601:surgery*; D014339:Truncus Arteriosus, Persistent / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*
D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates; D005780:Gelatin; D012293:Rifampin