Temporary sternotomy wound closure with blood bag.
Many situations are encountered in cardiac surgery, especially paediatric cardiac surgery, which are associated with significant myocardial oedema. In such cases it is inadvisable or impossible to close the sternum primarily. Here we describe a simple and inexpensive technique of temporary sternotomy wound closure with a sterile blood bag.
Talwar
Sachin
S
Cardiothoracic Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India. sachintalwar@hotmail.com
Malankar
Dhananjay
D
Choudhary
Shiv Kumar
SK
Airan
Balram
B
D006801:Humans; D056346:Sternotomy; D058106:Wound Closure Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*