title: Hyperbaric oxygen therapy in deep sternal wound infection after heart transplantation.
abstract: The results of orthotopic heart transplantation (OHTx) are still burdened with considerable early mortality due to graft rejection or infection. Sternum osteomyelitis is an infrequent postoperative complication. We report a case of deep sternal wound infection (2 months after OHTx) that was treated with hyperbaric oxygen therapy in addition to local surgical treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Petzold
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Feindt
authors.forename: U M
authors.initials: UM
authors.lastname: Carl
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gams
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D006931:Hyperbaric Oxygenation; D008297:Male; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000628:therapy; D013249:Sternum / Q000601:surgery*; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000628:therapy*; D014945:Wound Healing