title: [Effective use of electrolized soft acid aqueous solution for treatment of mediastinitis following cardiac surgery].
abstract: Mediastinitis following cardiac surgery occurs infrequently, but features both high mortality and morbidity, especially in patients with an artificial graft. A 24-year-old man was admitted with a diagnosis of Williams'syndrome with supraaortic stenosis. After ascending aorta and hemiarch reconstruction, mediastinitis developed, which was treated successfully with mediastinal irrigation using electrolized soft acid aqueous solution at one liter per day for 3 days. This procedure appears to be an effective method for treatment of mediastinitis following cardiac surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Honma
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Koshino
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Komatsu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tsukamoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Abe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D004322:Drainage; D004572:Electrolysis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008480:Mediastinitis / Q000628:therapy*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy*