Mediastinitis

Original Research

The Utility of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy in the Management of Complex Deep Cardiothoracic Surgical Site Infections

06/09/2024

Yasser Aljehani

Farouk Alrashaid

Hatem El-bawab

Naif Alkhaldi

Hmood Alsadery

Norah Alayyaf

Jana AlSaikhan

Sumiyah AlShamekh

06/09/2024

Wounds

Case Series

Vacuum-assisted Wound Closure with Instillation Followed by Nitinol Clips Application to Treat Deep Sternal Wound Infections After Cardiac Surgery: Evolution of a Two-step Approach

02/16/2023

Sara Saltarocchi

Emmanouela Chourda

Mizar D'Abramo

Wael Saade

Fabio Miraldi

The authors retrospectively analyzed the records of 34 patients with deep sternal wound infections who were treated with either closed catheter irrigation or vacuum-assisted wound closure with irrigation.

The authors retrospectively...

02/16/2023

Wounds

The Effect of Diabetes, Obesity, and Smoking on Mediastinitis After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: A Real-World Analysis

Background: Mediastinitis is an uncommon complication that can result from coronary artery bypass graft surgery with less than a 1% occurrence rate. But it can be quite deadly, with a mor...

12/11/2019