ArticleInternational wound journal2017
Preliminary result with incisional negative pressure wound therapy and pectoralis major muscle flap for median sternotomy wound infection in a high-risk patient population.
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- Negative Pressure Wound Therapy With Instillation and Closed Incision Negative Pressure Therapy Use in South Africa: Expert Panel Recommendations.International wound journal · 2025Article
- Review on risk factors, classification, and treatment of sternal wound infection.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2023Review
- Closed Incision Negative Pressure Therapy versus Standard of Care in Reduction of Surgical Site Complications: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2023Article
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- Efficacy and safety of pectoralis muscle flap combined rectus abdominis muscle sheath fasciocutaneous flap for reconstruction of sternal infection.International wound journal · 2022Article
- Closed Incisional Negative Pressure Therapy Significantly Reduces Early Wound Dehiscence after Reduction Mammaplasty.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2021Article
- Deep sternal wound infection following cardiac surgery: A comparison of the monolateral with the bilateral pectoralis major flaps.International wound journal · 2020Article
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- Inflammatory biomarkers, vascular procedures of lower limbs, and wound healing.International wound journal · 2019Article
- Closed Incision Negative Pressure Therapy for the Recipient Site in Head and Neck Reconstruction.OTO openArticle
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7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Deep sternal wound infection (DSWI) represents a dangerous complication that can follow open-heart surgery with median sternotomy access. Muscle flaps, such as monolateral pectoralis major muscle flap (MPMF), represent the main choices for sternal wound coverage and infection control. Negative pressure incision management system has proven to be able to reduce the incidence of these wounds' complications. Prevena™ represents one of these incision management systems and we aimed to evaluate its benefits. A total of 78 patients with major risk factors that presented post-sternotomy DSWI following cardiac surgery was selected. Thrity patients were treated with MPMF and Prevena™ (study group). Control group consisted of 48 patients treated with MPMF and conventional wound dressings. During the follow-up period, 4 (13%) adverse events occurred in the study group, whereas 18 complications occurred (37·5%) in the control group. Surgical revision necessity and mean postoperative time spent in the intensive care unit were both higher in the control group. Our results evidenced Prevena™ system's ability in improving the outcome of DSWI surgical treatment with MPMF in a high-risk patient population.
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