ATS
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

This Article
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Right arrow Citation Map
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Personal Folders
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Author home page(s):
Sebastian Pagni
Ellis J. Salloum
Paul A. Spence
Right arrow Permission Requests
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Pagni, S.
Right arrow Articles by Spence, P. A.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Pagni, S.
Right arrow Articles by Spence, P. A.

Ann Thorac Surg 1998;66:92-94
© 1998 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Original articles: cardiovascular

Serious wound infections after minimally invasive coronary bypass procedures

Sebastian Pagni, MDa, Ellis J. Salloum, MDa, Gordon R. Tobin, MDa, Daniel J. VanHimbergen, BSa, Paul A. Spence, MDa

a Division of Plastic Surgery, Jewish Hospital, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Accepted for publication February 14, 1998.

Address reprint requests to Dr Spence, Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Louisville, 201 Abraham Flexner Way, Suite 1200, Louisville, KY 40202

Background. Minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting has become an increasingly accepted therapy for selected patients with single-vessel coronary artery disease. Reported morbidity has focused on anastomotic problems, but the occurrence of serious wound complications after these procedures has not been well documented.

Methods. We reviewed our institutional experience with 35 patients to look for the incidence of serious wound complications.

Results. Three patients had serious wound problems after minithoracotomy for coronary artery bypass graft procedures. This represents an overall 9% wound morbidity rate and a 100% rate in the obese women.

Conclusions. Wound complications at the incision site after minithoracotomy coronary artery bypass graft procedures seem to occur distinctly in obese women with redundant breasts.




This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Eur. J. Cardiothorac. Surg.Home page
C. Detter, H. Reichenspurner, D. H. Boehm, M. Thalhammer, A. Schutz, and B. Reichart
Single vessel revascularization with beating heart techniques - minithoracotomy or sternotomy?
Eur. J. Cardiothorac. Surg., April 1, 2001; 19(4): 464 - 470.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Ann. Thorac. Surg.Home page
P. C. Ng, A. N. Chua, M. S. Swanson, T. C. Koutlas, W. R. Chitwood Jr, and J. R. Elbeery
Anterior thoracotomy wound complications in minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass
Ann. Thorac. Surg., May 1, 2000; 69(5): 1338 - 1340.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 SEMIN CARDIOTHORAC VASC ANESTHHome page
R. L. Singer
Rationale and Surgical Techniques for Emerging Procedures in Cardiac Surgery
Seminars in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, July 1, 1999; 3(2): 57 - 64.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Ann. Thorac. Surg.Home page
U. Hake and M. Hilker
Deep wound infection following minithoracotomy for coronary bypass grafting
Ann. Thorac. Surg., February 1, 1999; 67(2): 595 - 595.
[Full Text] [PDF]


HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
ANN THORAC SURG ASIAN CARDIOVASC THORAC ANN EUR J CARDIOTHORAC SURG
J THORAC CARDIOVASC SURG ICVTS ALL CTSNet JOURNALS
Copyright © 1998 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.