The Waist Coat Flap: a new technique for closure of infected median sternotomy wounds
Adel Wagdi Morsi1, Frank Kimble, Craig Quarmby
1Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Royal Hobart Hospital, Liverpool Street, Hobart, TAS 7005, Australia.
British Journal of Plastic Surgery
|November 17, 2004
Abstract:
The ideal standard of treatment of the infected sternotomy wound is early recognition, adequate debridement and repair with well vascularised tissue. We describe a new technique The Waist Coat Flap, which adheres to these principles, but does not require muscle or omentum and does not compromise their future use, if required.
