Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.
2006 Sep;39(9):699-701.
Successful Application of Vacuum Assisted Closure in the Case of Neonatal Mediastinitis after Modified Norwood Operation
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- 1Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Korea. tgjun@smc.samsung.co.kr
Abstract
- Mediastinitis and sternal wound infection frequently occurred after corrective surgery for complex heart anomalies. Most of the patients are neonate or infant and they have showed low oxygen tension. For that poor condition, application of invasive treatment of mediastinitis is not appropriate and recovery takes a long time. We successfully treated a mediastinitis after Norwood operation using vacuum assisted closure. So we introduce the technique and the modification of neonatal vacuum assisted closure.
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