Sternal closure with titanium plate fixation – a paradigm shift in ... | 合法醫療器材資訊網

由JRaman著作·2006·被引用58次—Sternalfixationwithtitaniumplatesisaneffectivewayofensuringsternalimmobilitytherebyreducingthesubstrateforbonyinfections.

Sternal instability predisposes to post-operative mediastinitis. Biomechanical studies have shown the superiority of rigid plate fixation over wire circlage in sternal healing. We studied rigid plate fixation for sternotomies in high-risk patients. High-risk patients were identified as those having three or more historically established risk factors for post-operative mediastinitis, such as COPD, re-operative surgery, renal failure, diabetes, steroid use, obesity, existing infection, and immunosuppression. Three hundred and twenty high-risk patients had prophylactic rigid plate fixation (Group S) between July 2000 and Jan 2005. The control group (Group C) comprised 215 patients with similar risk profiles that were not plated during 2000 and 2001. Average age, male-female ratio, risk factors and type of procedures were similar in both groups...