[The surgical reconstruction of the chest wall using muscle flaps in patients with mediastinitis following heart operations].

Abstract

An assessment is made of the results of plastic closure of the chest in cases presenting mediastinitis. The analysis covers nineteen patients with a history of mediastinitis following open-heart surgery, treated by the same method of plastic reconstruction of the chest. The technique of plastic closure of the chest using a rotation muscle flap (pectoralis and right rectus abdominis muscles) is described.

• Authors: L Davidkov, B Baev, I Iliev, G Nachev, V Angelov, A Chirkov
• Journal: Khirurgiia (Khirurgiia (Sofiia)) Vol. 48 Issue 1 Pg. 73-5 ( 1995) ISSN: 0450-2167 [Print] Bulgaria
• Vernacular Title: Operativna rekonstruktsiia na grŭdnata stena s muskulni lamba pri bolni s mediastinit sled sŭrdechni operatsii.
• PMID: 7474764 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)

Topics

• Bacterial Infections (etiology, surgery)
• Cardiac Surgical Procedures
• Drainage
• Humans
• Mediastinitis (etiology, surgery)
• Postoperative Complications (etiology, surgery)
• Retrospective Studies
• Surgical Flaps (methods)
• Thoracic Surgery (methods)