Gómez-Saviñón VG, Vásquez-Jiménez X, Gómez-Sánchez M, Herrera-Alarcón V

Language: Spanish
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ABSTRACT

A 66-year-old woman who had undergone mitral valve replacement, tricuspid repair and thrombectomy. She required tracheostomy and presented mediastinitis, being managed with VAC^® and closed with multitortion technique. Sternal wound presented sternal crepitation and erythema, so it was explored finding out sternal dehiscence with wires integrity, and VAC^® system was instaled, with negative cultures and macroporous sternal branches. So, it was decided to perform sternal closure with the StraTos^® system, achieving her hospital discharge. The StraTos^® system is a novel chest fixation system that may be effective for the management of sternal dehiscence. However, worldwide experience is limited.

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