The Prevention and Management of Postoperative Mediastinitis and the Infection Promoting Potential of Bone Wax.
10.4326/jjcvs.23.257
- VernacularTitle:開心術後縦隔炎の治療とその予防について 骨ロウの使用が縦隔炎に及ぼす影響
- Author:
Atsushi Yamaguchi
;
Takashi Ino
;
Akihiro Mizuhara
;
Hideo Adachi
;
Hirofumi Ide
;
Koji Kawahito
;
Seiichiro Murata
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:Japanese Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
1994;23(4):257-260
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
Between December of 1989 and May of 1993, 7 of 338 patients (2.1%) who underwent median sternotomy for cardiac operations developed mediastinitis. All of these infections caused by Staphylococcus species. Six of seven patients with mediastinitis were successfully treated with debridement, irrigation and omental transposition into the mediastinum. Between December of 1989 and May of 1992, sterile bone wax was used as a hemostatic agent in 233 of these patients. Between June of 1992 and May of 1993 an argon beam coagulator was used in place of bone wax in 105 patients. The incidence of mediastinitis significantly differed in relation to whether patients received bone wax or not (7 of 233 patients who did (3.0%) versus none in 105 patients who did not (0%) p<0.01). We conclude from this study that bone wax may be a promoting agent in postoperative mediastinitis, so the routine use of bone wax should be reconsidered.
