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Left Ventricular Assist Device Salvage with Omental Flap
A large number of people are affected with heart failure annually and require left ventricular assist device placement as a bridge to heart transplant or as destination therapy. When these devices become infected, it is a challenge to eradicate the infection. Failure ultimately results in a signific...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5404436/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28458965 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000001250 |
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author | Cusimano, Luke A. Wolfe, Emily T. Tan, Pamela Babycos, Christopher R. Bansal, Aditya |
author_facet | Cusimano, Luke A. Wolfe, Emily T. Tan, Pamela Babycos, Christopher R. Bansal, Aditya |
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description | A large number of people are affected with heart failure annually and require left ventricular assist device placement as a bridge to heart transplant or as destination therapy. When these devices become infected, it is a challenge to eradicate the infection. Failure ultimately results in a significant morbidity and mortality. Source control along with debridement and antibiotics can eradicate the infection of the patient, but many times there is a large defect that needs soft-tissue coverage. Many options for soft-tissue coverage have been suggested, but omentum may be an excellent choice due to its vascularity, bulk, and immunological properties. In this case report, the omental flap is employed for salvage of the left ventricular assist device with excellent results. |
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spelling | pubmed-54044362017-04-28 Left Ventricular Assist Device Salvage with Omental Flap Cusimano, Luke A. Wolfe, Emily T. Tan, Pamela Babycos, Christopher R. Bansal, Aditya Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open Case Report A large number of people are affected with heart failure annually and require left ventricular assist device placement as a bridge to heart transplant or as destination therapy. When these devices become infected, it is a challenge to eradicate the infection. Failure ultimately results in a significant morbidity and mortality. Source control along with debridement and antibiotics can eradicate the infection of the patient, but many times there is a large defect that needs soft-tissue coverage. Many options for soft-tissue coverage have been suggested, but omentum may be an excellent choice due to its vascularity, bulk, and immunological properties. In this case report, the omental flap is employed for salvage of the left ventricular assist device with excellent results. Wolters Kluwer Health 2017-03-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5404436/ /pubmed/28458965 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000001250 Text en Copyright © 2017 The Authors. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of The American Society of Plastic Surgeons. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (CCBY-NC-ND) (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) , where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Cusimano, Luke A. Wolfe, Emily T. Tan, Pamela Babycos, Christopher R. Bansal, Aditya Left Ventricular Assist Device Salvage with Omental Flap |
title | Left Ventricular Assist Device Salvage with Omental Flap |
title_full | Left Ventricular Assist Device Salvage with Omental Flap |
title_fullStr | Left Ventricular Assist Device Salvage with Omental Flap |
title_full_unstemmed | Left Ventricular Assist Device Salvage with Omental Flap |
title_short | Left Ventricular Assist Device Salvage with Omental Flap |
title_sort | left ventricular assist device salvage with omental flap |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5404436/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28458965 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000001250 |
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