Advanced Sternal Closure to Prevent Dehiscence in Obese Patients

• Published in: The Annals of thoracic surgery Vol. 80; no. 4; pp. 1537 - 1539
• Main Authors: Kiessling, Arndt-H., Isgro, Frank, Weisse, Udo, Möltner, Andreas, Saggau, Werner, Boldt, Joachim
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.10.2005; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Aged; Biological and medical sciences; Cardiac Surgical Procedures - adverse effects; Cardiac Surgical Procedures - instrumentation; Cardiac Surgical Procedures - methods; Equipment Design; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Metabolic diseases; Middle Aged; Obesity; Obesity - complications; Prospective Studies; Sternum - surgery; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Surgery of the respiratory system; Surgical Wound Dehiscence - etiology; Surgical Wound Dehiscence - prevention & control; Treatment Outcome; 5; Human; Obesity; Closure; Sternum; Respiratory disease; Nutrition disorder; Patient; Thorax; Prevention; Treatment; Surgery; Dehiscence; Nutritional status

Sternal dehiscence is a frequent complication after cardiac surgical procedures. The objective was to evaluate a novel method for advanced sternal closure compared with standard techniques for preventing sternal dehiscence. Our investigation comprised 100 patients with a body mass index above 32. Pa...