title: Large thoracic wall hematoma following sternal reconstruction with transversal plate fixation after deep sternal wound infection.
abstract: We present the case of a 53-year-old male patient with a rare complication of a thoracic wall hematoma following thoracic wall reconstruction with transverse plate fixation and pectoralis advancement flaps. The patient could be subsequently discharged after surgical re-placement and an uneventful would healing. This case marks one of two complications occurring in a series of six patients treated for deep sternal wound infection with a combination of vacuum-assisted therapy and plate fixation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Heart Surgery, University Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany. schimmer_c@klinik.uni-wuerzburg.de
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schimmer
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Keith
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Neukam
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Beissert
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Leyh
mesh_terms: D001860:Bone Plates / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006406:Hematoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology; D013212:Staphylococcus epidermidis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013249:Sternum / Q000601:surgery*; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D035441:Thoracic Wall