| 篇名 |
Free Anterolateral Thigh Flap Coverage for Post-sternotomy Mediastinitis: Report of a Case |
| 作者 |
Huai-Hsu Huang, Shyh-Rong Fuh, Sung-How Sue, Yi-Cheng Chuang, Chung-Yi Chang, Jeng Wei |
| 卷期/出版年月 |
41卷6期 (2008/12) |
| 頁次 |
282-286 |
| 摘要 |
Post-sternotomy mediastinitis is a rare and very troublesome complication of
cardiac surgery. A 49-year-old male patient with critical left main coronary artery
disease underwent urgent coronary artery bypass grafting surgery by means of
median sternotomy. Unfortunately, the patient developed mediastinitis and a
spacious defect was left after adequate debridement. Reconstructive plastic surgery
with free anterolateral thigh flap coverage was used for treating this problem. We
believe that it is the first application of such an anterolateral thigh free flap for
treating an extensive tissue defect caused by a deep sternal wound infection after
cardiac surgery. |
| 關鍵詞 |
mediastinitis, sternotomy, anterolateral thigh flap, free flap |
| 分類 |
Case Report |
