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[Surgical treatment of postoperative mediastinitis in heart surgery using omentoplasty]
J Salas1, N G de Vega, J L Gallego
1Servicio de Cirugía Cardiovascular, Hospital Carlos Haya, Málaga.
Revista Espanola De Cardiologia
|April 1, 1990
Abstract:
Among the 1,993 patients undergoing open-heart operations, our incidence rate of mediastinitis was 0.6%. Six patients have been treated with the pedicled omentum. Two of the 6 patients had a valvular disease and a coronary bypass the others. All patients had a good result with this procedure. After this experience, we think it is the best technique for management of this major complication.