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KMID : 1038220190460040291
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Archives of Plastic Surgery
2019 Volume.46 No. 4 p.291 ~ p.302
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Deep sternal wound infections: Evidence for prevention, treatment, and reconstructive surgery
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Schiraldi Luigi
Jabbour Gaby
Centofanti Paolo
Giordano Salvatore
Abdelnour Etienne
Gonzalez Michel
Raffoul Wassim
di Summa Pietro Giovanni
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Abstract
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Median sternotomy is the most popular approach in cardiac surgery. Post-sternotomy wound complications are rare, but the occurrence of a deep sternal wound infection (DSWI) is a catastrophic event associated with higher morbidity and mortality, longer hospital stays, and increased costs. A literature review was performed by searching PubMed from January 1996 to August 2017 according to the guidelines in the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses statement. The following keywords were used in various combinations: DSWI, post-sternotomy complication, and sternal reconstruction. Thirty-nine papers were included in our qualitative analysis, in which each aspect of the DSWI-related care process was analyzed and compared to the actual standard of care. Plastic surgeons are often involved too late in such clinical scenarios, when previous empirical treatments have failed and a definitive reconstruction is needed. The aim of this comprehensive review was to create an up-to-date operative flowchart to prevent and properly treat sternal wound infection complications after median sternotomy.
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KEYWORD
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Sternum, Infection, Reconstructive surgical procedure, Sternotomy
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