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  • Critical Care Medicine

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  • Post-cardiotomy open chest management is employed for low cardiac output, hemorrhage, or arrhythmias.
  • Delayed sternal closure is a critical intervention in specific high-risk cardiac surgery patients.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review the experience and outcomes of patients undergoing delayed sternal closure after cardiac surgery.
  • To evaluate the efficacy and complications associated with post-cardiotomy open chest management.

Main Methods:

  • A 3-year review of 2534 adult cardiac surgery patients, with 35 (1.4%) undergoing delayed sternal closure.
  • Patients were divided into two groups: immediate open chest (Group A) due to hemodynamic instability, and delayed closure after resternotomy (Group B) due to ICU deterioration.

Main Results:

  • The median ICU stay was 17 days, with a mortality rate of 25.7%.
  • Two-year survival rate was 57.1%. High complication rates included chest sepsis (77%), renal failure (42.9%), and sternal wound infection (28.6%).

Conclusions:

  • Delayed sternal closure is primarily a salvage procedure with significant short-term and long-term adverse events.
  • Its utility is highlighted in centers lacking advanced extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support.