Resternotomy in pediatric cardiac surgery: CoSeal initial experience.
Sternal re-entry adds supplementary risk to cardiac re-operations and it may represent the most important factor in the entire hazard estimation. A new anti-adhesive substance, based on a polyethylene glycol material, has been proposed to solve this problem. Results and surgical observations at chest re-entry in five patients treated with this synthetic polymer are herein discussed.
Pace Napoleone
Carlo
C
Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Unit, S.Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna Medical School, Via Massarenti 9, 40138 Bologna, Italy. pace@aosp.bo.it
Oppido
Guido
G
Angeli
Emanuela
E
Gargiulo
Gaetano
G
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012086:Reoperation; D013249:Sternum / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
C513322:CoSeal; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols