Open AccessSternomastoid after cardiac interventions (questions treatment and rehabilitation)
Author(s) -
Alexandr N. Kosenkov,
Косенков Александр Николаевич,
И. А. Винокуров,
Винокуров Иван Андреевич,
Amjat Nasr Al-Usef,
Аль-Юсеф Амжат Наср
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
mediko-socialʹnaâ èkspertisa i reabilitaciâ/mediko-socialʹnaâ èkspertiza i reabilitaciâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2412-2092
pISSN - 1560-9537
DOI - 10.17816/mser34526
Subject(s) - rehabilitation , medicine , psychological intervention , cardiac surgery , physical therapy , physical medicine and rehabilitation , intensive care medicine , surgery , nursing
Sternomediastinitis is one of the formidable complications of cardiac surgery with high disability mortality up to 40%. The introduction of a vacuum-assisted dressing, as well as active surgical technologies in the treatment of these patients, have reduced the duration of hospitalization, the level of disability and mortality. However, a number of unresolved issues remain related to the rehabilitation of these patients.