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  • Title: [Vacuum assisted closure for the treatment of sternal wound infections -- rapid infection control and bridging to reconstructive surgery].
    Author: Kutschka I, Dziadzka S, El Essawi A, Flory PJ, Harringer W.
    Journal: Zentralbl Chir; 2006 Apr; 131 Suppl 1():S129-32. PubMed ID: 16575663.
    Abstract:
    Vacuum Assisted Closure (V.A.C.) is a sound strategy to control severe post-sternotomy infection. Secondary re-wiring of the sternal bone or reconstructive surgery may be required later to achieve complete wound closure. Ten patients with severe sternal bone infection underwent initial V.A.C. therapy and delayed surgery for wound closure. Complete wound healing was achieved in all cases. As a case report we describe a patient with right-sided mastectomy and irradiation for breast cancer, who developed severe post-sternotomy infection and sternal bone necrosis following CABG. A combination of V.A.C. therapy and surgical reconstruction using a pedicled latissimus dorsi musculocutaneous flap led to complete wound closure.
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