Open AccessSternal reconstruction after post-sternotomy dehiscence and mediastinitis
Author(s) -
Andrea Dell’Amore,
Stefano Congiu,
Alessio Campisi,
Sara Mazzarra,
S. Zai,
Domenica Giunta
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery/indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.114
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 0973-7723
pISSN - 0970-9134
DOI - 10.1007/s12055-019-00880-5
Subject(s) - mediastinitis , medicine , dehiscence , surgery , median sternotomy , cardiac surgery , cardiothoracic surgery , sternum , wound dehiscence , complication
Post-sternotomy dehiscence and mediastinitis remains a serious complication in cardiothoracic surgery. The aim of this work is to report our experience over a period of 8 years in the surgical treatment and risk factor analyses of post-sternotomy dehiscence and mediastinitis.