title: [Successful treatment by using a pedicled omental flap for sternal osteomyelitis and mediastinal infection caused by MRSA].
abstract: A 56-year-old male case, who was complicated with sternal osteomyelitis and mediastinitis after aortic valve replacement, was reported. Its infection was caused by MRSA (methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus). He was treated with sterilization of wound using povidone iodine, Minomycin solution and its injection for 10 days. And thereafter we decided to apply the plastic surgical technique to this case. After debridement of the infected granulation and sternum thoroughly, a pedicled omental flap was transposed successfully.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Minami-Osaka General Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Morimoto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Horimoto
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kakimoto
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008480:Mediastinitis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D008875:Middle Aged; D009852:Omentum / Q000637:transplantation*; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects*; D013249:Sternum; D013524:Surgical Flaps