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Murine Intrapulmonary Tracheal Transplantation: A Model for Investigating Obliterative Airway Disease After Lung Transplantation
Published on: November 10, 2023
Acinetobacter mediastinitis in a heart transplant patient
Robert S George1, Emma J Birks, Saleem Haj-Yahia
1Department of Artificial Heart and Transplant, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust, Harefield, Middlesex, United Kingdom.
Abstract:
We report a 56-year-old who underwent orthotopic heart transplantation following left ventricular assist device bridge to transplantation. His postoperative course was complicated by severe sternal wound infection with Acinetobacter species requiring extensive debridement and reconstruction with a pectoralis major flap. This was followed by a total sternectomy, pectoralis flap debridement, and vacuum-assisted dressing.
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