Single stage sternal reconstruction using titanium mesh for dehiscence following open-heart surgery
Ioannis Dimarakis1, Dilip Oswal, Unnikrishnan R Nair
1Department of Cardiac Surgery, Jubilee Building, Leeds General Infirmary, Great George Street, Leeds LS1 3EX, UK.
Abstract:
Wound complications are a well-recognised entity following median sternotomy. Soft tissue reconstruction in the form of muscle flaps generally provides adequate wound stability; nevertheless, skeletal reconstruction of the anterior chest wall is sometimes necessary. We describe a novel technique applied in three patients for reconstructing fragments of the sternum using a titanium mesh that provides a scaffold for the bony union.
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