Result of treatment of sternal infection after open heart surgery in 10 years (1996-2006)
Journal of Medical Research
;
: 16-21, 2007.
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en Vietnamita
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-565
ABSTRACT
Background:
In recent years, open heart surgery has developed rapidly in Vietnam. Sternal infection is a very serious complication for this surgery, it lead to increasing treatment costs and higher risk of mortality. Treatment of local infections is always a difficult technique in sternal wound infections after open heart operations.Objectives:
(1) To improve and apply two techniques called \u201cdemi \ufffd?open + irrigation\ufffd? and \u201cclosed \ufffd?Redon drainage\ufffd? (2) To evaluate the effects of these techniques. Subjects andmethod:
20 cases of sternal infection (at Viet Duc hospital and some other hospitals in Ha Noi) were researched and described prospectively about diagnosis, techniques and treatment results. The subjects were divided in to 2 group based on the infection processing techniques.Results:
Diagnosis had to reply on clinical signals (100%). Bacterial culture only provided 45% positive results, Pseudomonas aeruginosa (44.4%) were obtained more than Staphylococcus au\u2019reus (22.2%). Both techniques have their own reasonable creativeness and the standardized process, improving the limitations of ordinary technique, providing high treatment effectiveness \ufffd?85% have recovered after only one operation.Conclusion:
For treatment of local infections, two techniques are both very efficient and suitable with the conditions in Vietnam, especially \u201cclosed \ufffd?Redon drainage\ufffd?technique.
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WPRIM (Pacífico Occidental)
Asunto principal:
Esternón
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Cirugía Torácica
/
Infecciones
Idioma:
Vietnamita
Revista:
Journal of Medical Research
Año:
2007
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