Shoelace technique for the management of deep sternal wound infection

Ulas Kumbasar

doi:10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2022.22025

Ulas Kumbasar¹, Pramod Bonde¹

¹Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, USA

DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2022.22025

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In this article, we describe a practical technique of managing deep sternal wound infection by combining two dynamic wound closure methods, namely gradual approximation of the wound edges using vessel loops: the shoelace technique and the vacuumassisted closure system.

Keywords : Infection, sternal wound, vacuum-assisted closure system

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