Management of Cannula Wound Problems with Vacuum-Assisted Therapy for a Child Who Received Berlin Heart EXCOR Implantation

A child being supported with an extracorporeal ventricular assist device, such as the Berlin Heart EXCOR (Berlin Heart GmbH, Berlin, Germany), must have at least 2 large cannulae for a long period. Management of cannula wounds is crucial since a cannula forms a track of prosthetic material passing t...

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Autores principales: Oh, Siwon, Kim, Shin, Yang, Ji-Hyuk, Roh, Young Jin, Park, Ilkun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2023
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How-to-Do-It
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10008355/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36476446
http://dx.doi.org/10.5090/jcs.22.048
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Sumario:A child being supported with an extracorporeal ventricular assist device, such as the Berlin Heart EXCOR (Berlin Heart GmbH, Berlin, Germany), must have at least 2 large cannulae for a long period. Management of cannula wounds is crucial since a cannula forms a track of prosthetic material passing the mediastinum to the heart. Deep wound complications, if they occur, can be troublesome and difficult to control with conventional methods. We applied vacuum-assisted closure to a patient who had Berlin-Heart EXCOR and a gap at the cannulation site. Herein, we describe the technical aspects of management in detail.

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