Single stage sternal reconstruction using titanium mesh for dehiscence following open-heart surgery.
Wound complications are a well-recognised entity following median sternotomy. Soft tissue reconstruction in the form of muscle flaps generally provides adequate wound stability; nevertheless, skeletal reconstruction of the anterior chest wall is sometimes necessary. We describe a novel technique applied in three patients for reconstructing fragments of the sternum using a titanium mesh that provides a scaffold for the bony union.
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Jubilee Building, Leeds General Infirmary, Great George Street, Leeds LS1 3EX, UK.
Ioannis
I
Dimarakis
Dilip
D
Oswal
Unnikrishnan R
UR
Nair