Outcomes of Delayed Sternal Closure in Pediatric Heart Surgery: Single-Center Experience
Joint Authors
Sandoval-Jones, Juan Pablo
García-Montes, José Antonio
Calderón-Colmenero, Juan
Hurtado-Sierra, Daniel
Curi-Curi, Pedro
Cervantes-Salazar, Jorge
Benita-Bordes, Antonio
Ramírez-Marroquin, Samuel
Source
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2018-04-19
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Background.
Delayed sternal closure (DSC) after cardiac surgery is a therapeutic option in the treatment of the severely impaired heart in pediatric cardiac surgery.
Methods.
A single-center retrospective review of all bypass surgeries performed over a 10-year period (2003–2012).
Results.
Of a total of 2325 patients registered in our database, the DSC group included 259 cases (11%), and the remaining 2066 cases (89%) constituted the control group (PSC).
RACHS-1 risk was higher for the DSC group (74% had a score of 3 or 4) than for the PSC group (82% had a score of 2 or 3).
The most frequent diagnosis for the DSC group was transposition of the great arteries (28%).
We found out that hemodynamic instability was the main indication observed in patients aged ≤ 8 years (63%), while bleeding was the principal indication for patients aged ≥ 8 years (94%) (p≤0.001).
The average time between surgery and sternal closure was 2.3±1.4 days.
Overall mortality rates were higher for patients of the DSC group (22%) than for the PSC group (8.7%) (OR: 0.4 (95% CI: 0.4 to 0.5), p<0.05).
There were six patients with DSC who developed mediastinitis (2.3%).
The risk of mediastinitis was significantly higher when DSC was performed 4 days after the primary surgery.
Conclusions.
DSC is an important management strategy for congenital cardiac surgery in infants and children.
The prolonged sternal closure time is associated with an increased rate of postoperative mediastinitis.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Hurtado-Sierra, Daniel& Calderón-Colmenero, Juan& Curi-Curi, Pedro& Cervantes-Salazar, Jorge& Sandoval-Jones, Juan Pablo& García-Montes, José Antonio…[et al.]. 2018. Outcomes of Delayed Sternal Closure in Pediatric Heart Surgery: Single-Center Experience. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1126068
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Hurtado-Sierra, Daniel…[et al.]. Outcomes of Delayed Sternal Closure in Pediatric Heart Surgery: Single-Center Experience. BioMed Research International No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1126068
American Medical Association (AMA)
Hurtado-Sierra, Daniel& Calderón-Colmenero, Juan& Curi-Curi, Pedro& Cervantes-Salazar, Jorge& Sandoval-Jones, Juan Pablo& García-Montes, José Antonio…[et al.]. Outcomes of Delayed Sternal Closure in Pediatric Heart Surgery: Single-Center Experience. BioMed Research International. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1126068
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1126068