BACKGROUND: @entity281 is one of the most serious complications that occurs following open-heart surgery by sternotomy. In the present study, omentoplasty was initially and aggressively used to treat the @entity281 and prevent the recurrence caused by bones in cases of @entity1764 following open-heart surgery at our clinic. METHODS: Among the 3656 @entity1 who underwent surgery at our department of cardiovascular surgery between January 1996 and December 2012, omentoplasty as a treatment for @entity1764 was applied to 19 (0.51%) @entity1 (of which 13 were males) following sternotomy. The cases were revised on the 15th day following the first surgery and/or when there was a suspicion of @entity281 . The @entity39 skin, subcutaneous tissue, and bone tissue were resected, and all the affected sternal tissues were removed until healthy hemorrhagic areas were reached. RESULTS: The average age of the @entity1 was between 49 and 81 years (mean: 65.7    10.5 years). The mean age of the @entity1 was 66.08    12.7 years (age range: 49-81 years) and that of the @entity1 was 63.2    6.8 years (age range: 55-71 years). The male to female ratio was 2:1, and in both the male and female groups, the approximate age ranged from 55 and 70 years. In the intraoperative cultures received from wound cases, the most common agent of @entity281 was @entity3256 -resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci. Purulent leaks from eight @entity1 stopped in approximately 4 days. Purulent leaks from the other 11 @entity1 continued until the 6th day, and thus, medical dressing also continued, after which the leaks stopped on the 15th day. The approximate postoperative hospital stay was 32 days (range: 13-63 days). CONCLUSION: Omentoplasty in heart surgery can be considered an effective method when used to control @entity281 and treat secondary poststernotomy @entity1764 .

Utility of Omentoplasty in XXXX Treatment following Sternotomy.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'patients', 'men'] @entity3256 :: ('MESH:D008712', 'Chemical') :: ['methicillin'] @entity39 :: ('MESH:D009336', 'Disease') :: ['necrotic'] @entity1764 :: ('MESH:D008480', 'Disease') :: ['mediastinitis'] @entity281 :: ('MESH:D007239', 'Disease') :: ['infection', 'Mediastinal infection', 'mediastinal infection']
@entity1764 :: (MESH:D008480,Disease) :: ['Mediastinitis']
