Flail chest and mediastinitis with total sternal loss post pediatric heart surgery. Reconstruction technique and case report

Flail chest and mediastinitis with total sternal loss post pediatric heart surgery. Reconstruction technique and case report

We present the case of a two-year-old girl, with a history of pulmonary banding surgery who underwent a chest wall stabilization technique with titanium rods and muscle flaps coverage, due to post-surgical mediastinitis associated with total sternal loss after ventricular septal defect closure surge...

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Veröffentlicht in:Archivos peruanos de cardiologia y cirugia cardiovascular 2023, Vol.4 (4), p.204-208
Hauptverfasser: Palma-Ortecho, Luis J, Peralta-Santos, Henry, Prado-Gómez, Tommy L
Format: Report
Sprache:spa
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Zusammenfassung:We present the case of a two-year-old girl, with a history of pulmonary banding surgery who underwent a chest wall stabilization technique with titanium rods and muscle flaps coverage, due to post-surgical mediastinitis associated with total sternal loss after ventricular septal defect closure surgery, debanding, and pulmonary artery plasty. The patient had a favorable postsurgical evolution.
ISSN:2708-7212
DOI:10.47487/apcyccv.v4i4.326