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Published on: May 19, 2022
Cardiac rupture during vacuum-assisted closure therapy
Ulrik Sartipy1, Ulf Lockowandt, Jakob Gäbel
1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Anesthesiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. ulrik.sartipy@karolinska.se
Abstract:
Vacuum-assisted closure therapy is a recently introduced technique for treatment of deep sternal wound infections after cardiac surgery. We present five cases of vacuum-assisted closure therapy-related major bleeding complications due to rupture of the right ventricle. This potentially lethal complication may be avoided by covering the heart with protective layers of paraffin gauze dressings.
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