Flail chest and mediastinitis with total sternal loss post pediatric heart surgery. Reconstruction technique and case report
Luis J. Palma-Ortecho,
Henry Peralta-Santos,
Tommy L. Prado-Gómez
Abstract:Se presenta el caso de una niña de 2 años de edad, con antecedente de una cirugía de banding pulmonar, a quien se le realiza una técnica de estabilización de pared torácica con barras de titanio y cobertura con flaps musculares por presentar mediastinitis posquirúrgica asociada a pérdida esternal total, luego de una cirugía de cierre de comunicación interventricular, debanding y plastia de arteria pulmonar. La paciente presentó evolución posquirúrgica favorable.
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