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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 57, 754-755, Copyright © 1994 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Salvage of infected truncus repair using rifampicin-impregnated gelatin- sealed graft

BG French, RB Chard, GF Sholler and TB Cartmill
Adolph Basser Institute of Cardiology, Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia.

An infant suffered sternal infection and ventricular septal patch dehiscence after a truncus arteriosus repair. Successful reoperation used rifampicin-impregnated gelatin-sealed Dacron to repair the recurrent ventricular septal defect and replace the contaminated conduit. This was an effective solution to a potentially lethal surgical complication.




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