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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 54, 1039-1045, Copyright © 1992 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Mediastinitis in heart transplantation

SV Karwande, DG Renlund, SL Olsen, WA Gay Jr, WE Richenbacher, JA Hawkins, RC Millar and JD Marks
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City 84132.

Between March 1985 and December 1991, mediastinitis developed in 12 of 420 cardiac transplantation patients (2.8%). The mortality rate in this group of patients was 8.3% (1/12). Actuarial survival (1 year, 75%; and 5 years, 65%) was not significantly different from that of the group without mediastinitis (1 year, 88%; and 5 years, 75%). A higher percentage of the patients in the group with mediastinitis were listed as UNOS status 1 (50% versus 35%) and had a history of previous sternotomies (58% versus 44%). The presentation of mediastinitis was typical. Computed tomographic scanning with or without aspiration was a valuable adjunct in the diagnosis of mediastinitis. Induction immunotherapy with minimal steroids in the perioperative period was used in all patients. This may contribute to the patients' ability to mount an appropriate and effective response to infection, permitting earlier diagnosis. The debridement irrigation technique used in 8 of 12 patients had a low success rate of 33%, whereas the debridement muscle flap technique used in 4 of 12 was 100% successful in eliminating infection.


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