Tremendous bleeding complication after vacuum-assisted sternal closure
Vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) of complex infected wounds has recently gained popularity among various surgical specialties. The system is based on the application of negative pressure by controlled suction to the wound surface. The effectiveness of the VAC System on microcirculation and the promotion of granulation tissue proliferation are proved. In our case report we illustrate a scenario were a patient developed severe bleeding from the ascending aorta by penetration of wire fragments in the vessel. We conclude that all free particles in the sternum have to be removed completely before negative pressure is used.
| Author: | Arndt-Holger Kiessling, Andreas Lehmann, Frank Isgro, Anton Moritz |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-90372 |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 24.02.2011 |
| Year of first Publication: | 2011 |
| Publishing Institution: | Univ.-Bibliothek Frankfurt am Main |
| Source: | Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2011, 6:16 ; doi:10.1186/1749-8090-6-16 ; http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/6/1/16/abstract |
| HeBIS PPN: | 231836805 |
| Institutes: | Medizin |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 610 Medizin und Gesundheit |
| Sammlungen: | Universitätspublikationen |
| Note: | © 2011 Kiessling et al. ; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited |
| Licence (German): |  Creative Commons - Namensnennung 2.0 |
