An Alternative Technique for Surgical Management of Poststernotomy Osteomyelitis and Reconstruction of the Sternal Defect

Introduction. Sternal osteomyelitis with or without mediastinal infection is a severe and rare complication of median sternotomy. In this paper, an alternative technique for the reconstruction of sternal defects with the use of bilateral pectoralis major pedicled muscle flaps is presented. Case pres...

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Autores principales: Konofaos, Petros, Spartalis, Eleftherios, Karagkiouzis, Grigorios, Kampolis, Christos, Tomos, Periklis
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3603623/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23533913
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/451594

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3603623/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23533913
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/451594

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