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Ann Thorac Surg 1997;64:854-856
© 1997 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case Report

Surgical Management of Persistent Mediastinitis After Coronary Bypass Grafting

Friedrich S. Eckstein, MD, Johannes M. Albes, MD, Michael J. Jurmann, MD, Albertus M. Scheule, MD, Sabine Raygrotzki, MD, Michael Laniado, MD, Gerhard Ziemer, MD

Division of Thoracic, Cardiac, and Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, and Division of Diagnostic Radiology, Department of Radiology, Eberhard-Karls-Universität, Tübingen, Germany

Accepted for publication April 29, 1997.

Persistent mediastinitis despite primary revision, closed irrigation therapy, and additional secondary omental plasty is a life threatening situation in cardiac surgery. We managed this rare complication in one instance by sternectomy and hemirectus plasty as well as bilateral pectoralis plasty.






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