title: [Single-stage management of postoperative sternal wound infection using a pectoral musculocutaneous flap].
abstract: Two patients with postoperative sternal wound infection were successfully treated by a pectral musculocutaneous flap. A single-stage procedure of debridement and immediate closure with a pectral musculocutaneous flap can eliminate irrigation, open wound management, or reoperation for closure. Therefore, this method is very safe, simple, and effective for the management of sternal wound infections.
authors: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Kinan General Hospital, Wakayama, Japan.
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Nomura
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Hiranaka
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Yagura
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Kurozumi
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Mori
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003646:Debridement; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000601:surgery*; D013249:Sternum; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000601:surgery*