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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 52, 1161-1163, Copyright © 1991 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Skin grafting for repair of a cardiac laceration

RS Higgins, R Stahl and JC Baldwin
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510.

Rupture of the right ventricle has been reported as a complication of closed catheter irrigation in poststernotomy mediastinitis. We report the case of a right ventricular rupture that was repaired with a deepithelialized dermal skin graft. The technique is described and management options for these difficult wounds are discussed.

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