Deep Sternal Wound Infection
Intraoperative vs 24 Hour Administration of Cefamandole to Prevent Deep Sternal Wound Infection and Endocarditis after Adult Cardiac Surgery
... prevent deep sternal wound infection and endocarditis after cardiac ...(deep sternal wound infection, endocarditis) after cardiac surgery between period 1, ...
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Deep sternal wound infection following cardiac surgery Epidemiology and causative germs
... developed deep sternal wound ...withdeep sternal wound infection were ...without infection were ...positive wound cultures with klebsiella as the most prevalent ...
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Deep sternal wound infection after cardiac surgery
... Background: Deep sternal wound infection (DSWI) is a serious postoperative complication of cardiac surgery. In this study we investigated the incidence of DSWI and effect of re-exploration for ...
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Superficial and deep sternal wound infection after more than 9000 coronary artery bypass graft (CABG): incidence, risk factors and mortality
... Positive sternal culture was seen in ...and deep SWI groups, respectively). The distribution of the 21 deep SWI (bone and mediastinitis) cases accord- ing to the Oakley classification was as follows: ...
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Deep sternal wound infection – latissimus dorsi flap is a reliable option for reconstruction of the thoracic wall
... Follow-up was performed 18 months after discharge from the hospital. The parameters of interest were demographic and medical data, including comorbidity and preoperative evaluation using the European System for Cardiac ...
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Omentum flap as a salvage procedure in deep sternal wound infection
... the wound, pus was observed under the flap and floating all around the ...permanent wound closure (Figure 1E and ...the wound healing could be ...the wound appeared clean without local signs ...
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Reduction in deep sternal wound infection with use of a peristernal cable-tie closure system: a retrospective case series
... There have been 19 late deaths in this patient series; 8 were in the control group and 13 in the implant group for an overall mortality rate of 2.6 % and 4.3 %, respect- ively. All late deaths were related to native ...
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Volume 7 | Issue 4 - 2017
... of deep sternal wound infection occurred. Deep sternal wound infection (mediastinitis) was defined according to guidelines of the US Centers for disease Control and ...
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Treatment of gram-positive deep sternal wound infections in cardiac surgery -experiences with daptomycin-
... developed deep sternal wound infection following coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG, including two patients with bilateral internal mammary artery), one patient following aortic valve ...
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Recovery of Anaerobic Bacteria From Four Children With Postthoracotomy Sternal Wound Infection
... 1. Zacharias A, Habib RH. Factors predisposing to median sternotomy complications: deep vs. superficial infection. Chest. 1996;110:1173–1178 2. Brunet F, Brusset A, Squara P, et al. (The Parisian ...
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Does percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy increase the incidence of sternal wound infection - a single center retrospective of 4100 cases
... DSWI: deep sternal wound infection; ...superficial sternal wound infection; STS: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons ’ risk models; SD: standard deviation; SWI: ...
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Does Bilateral Pedicle Internal Thoracic Artery Harvest Increase the Risk of Mediastinitis?
... of deep sternal wound ...of infection may not be greater than the use of skeletonized ...of sternal wound ...No sternal wound complications were noted in either the ...
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Current perspectives on diagnosis and management of sternal wound infections
... Abstract: Deep sternal wound infection (DSWI), also known as mediastinitis, is a serious and potentially fatal ...Keywords: deep sternal wound infection, diagnosis, ...
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Posthorax® Prevents Sternal Dehiscence and Instability: Preliminary Results of a Prospective Randomized Multicenter Trial
... surgery, sternal instability caused by dehis- cence or superficial/deep infection weigh on 1% to 10% ...with sternal dehiscence and the development of sternal wound infec- tion ...
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Sternal reconstruction after post-sternotomy mediastinitis
... for deep sternal wound infections (DSWI) out of which 4 needed additional rectus abdom- inis (RA) flap because the pectorals would not reach the inferior part of the ...showed infection ...
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Secondary omental and pectoralis major double flap reconstruction following aggressive sternectomy for deep sternal wound infections after cardiac surgery
... the old dressing, the wound was inspected and a new sample was taken for bacterial cultures. Necrotic tissue was removed and the wound was irrigated with copious amounts of warm saline. Timing for the ...
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Daptomycin for the treatment of major gram-positive infections after cardiac surgery
... as deep sternal wound in- fection, CIED- or VAD-associated infection and endocar- ditis, while skin and soft tissue infections made up 44 % of the infections registered in the EU-CORE ...
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Staphylococcus aureus and repeat bacteremia in febrile patients as early signs of sternal wound infection after cardiac surgery
... with sternal wound infection than those ...ventilation, sternal reexploration or operative mortality between the two ...with sternal wound infection than those without ...
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EFFECT OF PREOPERATIVE HEMOGLOBIN LEVELS ON EARLY OUTCOME OF VALVE REPLACEMENT SURGERIES
... Patients & Methods: This retrospective cross-sectional study included (782 cases) all patients underwent open heart surgery for valve replacement surgeries, except those with the exclusion criteria (patients with ...
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Sternal plate fixation for sternal wound reconstruction: initial experience (Retrospective study)
... consecutive sternal wound reconstructions using transverse plate ...the deep pec- toral fixation sutures are fixed to the plate, helping to obliterate dead ...too deep or using long screws ...
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