Abstract

PALMA-ORTECHO, Luis J.; PERALTA-SANTOS, Henry  and  PRADO-GOMEZ, Tommy L.. Flail chest and mediastinitis with total sternal loss post pediatric heart surgery. Reconstruction technique and case report. Arch Peru Cardiol Cir Cardiovasc [online]. 2023, vol.4, n.4, pp.204-208.  Epub Dec 27, 2023. ISSN 2708-7212.  http://dx.doi.org/10.47487/apcyccv.v4i4.326.

We present the case of a two-year-old girl, with a history of pulmonary banding surgery who underwent a chest wall stabilization technique with titanium rods and muscle flaps coverage, due to post-surgical mediastinitis associated with total sternal loss after ventricular septal defect closure surgery, debanding, and pulmonary artery plasty. The patient had a favorable postsurgical evolution.

Keywords : Flail Chest; Mediastinitis; Thoracoplasty.

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