[Mediastinitis treated by an omental transfer following CABG using the right gastroepiploic arterial graft].
We treated four cases with mediastinitis after coronary artery bypass grafting using the right gastroepiploic artery. These four patients were treated with the pedicled omentum. Omental transfer was successful in three cases. After the harvest of the right gastroepiploic arterial graft, the residual omentum was viable. The residual omentum was applicable for the treatment of mediastinitis.
Yoshida
K
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Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Aichi Prefectural Owari Hospital, Ichinomiya, Japan.
Ohshima
H
H
Murakami
F
F
Matsuura
A
A
Hibi
M
M
Kawamura
M
M
Notoya
A
A
Hiroura
M
M
D000368:Aged; D001158:Arteries / Q000637:transplantation*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008480:Mediastinitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009852:Omentum / Q000098:blood supply / Q000637:transplantation*; D013270:Stomach / Q000098:blood supply*