Vacuum-assisted closure in the paediatric patient with post-cardiotomy mediastinitis |
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Authors: | I. R. Ramnarine A. McLean J. C. S. Pollock |
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Affiliation: | Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Dalnair Street, Glasgow G3 8SJ, UK |
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Abstract: | Mediastinitis has a high mortality and is a major cause for concern in the neonatal cardiac surgical population. Vacuum-Assisted Closure (V.A.C.) is a newly established technique for expediting healing in the management of wounds resistant to established treatments; this includes the treatment of post-cardiotomy mediastinitis in the adult cardiac surgical patient. We describe the previously unreported use of the V.A.C. device for the successful treatment of post-cardiotomy mediastinitis in an infant. The device also improved the mechanics of respiration. We discuss potential risks and benefits of V.A.C. and suggest guidelines for its use. |
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Keywords: | Cardiac surgery Sternotomy infection Negative pressure therapy |
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