Omental Herniation: A Rare Complication of Vacuum-Assisted Closure of Infected Sternotomy Wound

Vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) has recently been adopted as an acceptable modality for management of sternotomy wound infections. Although generally efficacious, the use of negative pressure devices has been associated with complications such as bleeding, retention of sponge, and empyema. We report t...

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Autores principales: Gukop, Philemon, Kuppuswamy, Madhan Kumar, Kourliouros, Antonios, Chandrasekaran, Venkatachalam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4010800/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24860679
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/905162
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author Gukop, Philemon
Kuppuswamy, Madhan Kumar
Kourliouros, Antonios
Chandrasekaran, Venkatachalam
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description Vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) has recently been adopted as an acceptable modality for management of sternotomy wound infections. Although generally efficacious, the use of negative pressure devices has been associated with complications such as bleeding, retention of sponge, and empyema. We report the first case of greater omental hernia as a rare complication of vacuum-assisted closure of sternal wound infection following coronary artery bypass grafting.
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spelling pubmed-40108002014-05-25 Omental Herniation: A Rare Complication of Vacuum-Assisted Closure of Infected Sternotomy Wound Gukop, Philemon Kuppuswamy, Madhan Kumar Kourliouros, Antonios Chandrasekaran, Venkatachalam Case Rep Cardiol Case Report Vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) has recently been adopted as an acceptable modality for management of sternotomy wound infections. Although generally efficacious, the use of negative pressure devices has been associated with complications such as bleeding, retention of sponge, and empyema. We report the first case of greater omental hernia as a rare complication of vacuum-assisted closure of sternal wound infection following coronary artery bypass grafting. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-02-26 /pmc/articles/PMC4010800/ /pubmed/24860679 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/905162 Text en Copyright © 2012 Philemon Gukop et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Omental Herniation: A Rare Complication of Vacuum-Assisted Closure of Infected Sternotomy Wound
title Omental Herniation: A Rare Complication of Vacuum-Assisted Closure of Infected Sternotomy Wound
title_full Omental Herniation: A Rare Complication of Vacuum-Assisted Closure of Infected Sternotomy Wound
title_fullStr Omental Herniation: A Rare Complication of Vacuum-Assisted Closure of Infected Sternotomy Wound
title_full_unstemmed Omental Herniation: A Rare Complication of Vacuum-Assisted Closure of Infected Sternotomy Wound
title_short Omental Herniation: A Rare Complication of Vacuum-Assisted Closure of Infected Sternotomy Wound
title_sort omental herniation: a rare complication of vacuum-assisted closure of infected sternotomy wound
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