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Intercostal muscle flap reconstruction and primary sternal closure for mediastinal abscess
Mark W Kiehn1, W Wesley Heckman, Satoru Osaki
1Division of Craniofacial, Microvascular, Hand & General Reconstructive Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA. kiehn@surgery.wisc.edu
Abstract:
Poststernotomy mediastinal abscess is a life-threatening complication after cardiac operations. A 21-year-old woman had a late presentation of mediastinal abscess 9 years after ascending aortic graft replacement. Three days after the initial débridement and vacuum-assisted closure treatment, successful reconstruction was performed using an intercostal muscle flap and primary sternal closure, without recurrent infection.
