Open AccessAPPLICATION OF VARIABLE VACUUM IN CARDIOSURGERY WITH COMPLICATIONS
Author(s) -
А.А. Фургал
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
archiv euromedica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2199-885X
pISSN - 2193-3863
DOI - 10.35630/2199-885x/2019/9/1/113
Subject(s) - medicine , sternum , cardiac surgery , surgery , median sternotomy , mortality rate , wound infection , general surgery , intensive care medicine
In the conditions of progress of modern medicinein the field of surgery, antibacterial therapy and preventive practices, postoperative sternomediastinal infections still remain a pressing public health problem.They have a significant impact on the survival rate,duration of hospitalization and the economic burdenof treating cardiac patients. The problem of postoperative complications in cardiac surgery is very relevant atpresent, given the increase in the number of geriatricpatients, patients with overweight and diabetes .Median sternotomy, as a surgical approach, hasseveral disadvantages, one of which is the risk of developing infectious complications in the field of surgicalintervention. They proceed with the formation of asuperficial or deep wound infection, diastasis and fragmentation of the sternum, destabilization of the boneskeleton of the chest .