Pericardial substitute and emergency resternotomy: life-saving combination.
Retrosternal adhesions prolong operating time during reoperative pediatric cardiac surgery and promote myocardial injury. A case is presented in which a polytetrafluoroethylene pericardial substitute facilitated a rapid, life-saving emergency resternotomy in a moribund patient.
Bacaner
T J
TJ
Department of Surgery, University of California at Davis East, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
Young
J N
JN
DeCampli
W M
WM
Hardy
C
C
D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D012086:Reoperation; D013249:Sternum / Q000601:surgery*; D000267:Tissue Adhesions / Q000517:prevention & control
D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene