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Hyperbaric oxygen therapy in deep sternal wound infection after heart transplantation
T Petzold1, P R Feindt, U M Carl
1Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany.
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|May 20, 1999
Abstract:
The results of orthotopic heart transplantation (OHTx) are still burdened with considerable early mortality due to graft rejection or infection. Sternum osteomyelitis is an infrequent postoperative complication. We report a case of deep sternal wound infection (2 months after OHTx) that was treated with hyperbaric oxygen therapy in addition to local surgical treatment.