Flail chest and mediastinitis with total sternal loss post-pediatric cardiac surgery. Reconstruction technique and case report

Palma-Ortecho L.J.; Peralta-Santos H.; Prado-Gómez T.L. · Archivos Peruanos de Cardiologia y Cirugia Cardiovascular (2023) · DOI: 10.47487/apcyccv.v4i4.326

Resumen

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.