Abstract
The authors describe a case of a 46-year-old man with ischemic heart disease who underwent coronary surgery. After some time span an inflamed wound, several skin fistulae and the system of substernal fistulae appeared. One of these fistulae communicated with the left bronchial tree.
Highlights
CASE REPORTSTERNOBRONCHIAL FISTULA - UNCOMMON COMPLICATION AFTER CORONARY SURGERY (A CASE REPORT)
Sternal osteomyelitis ranks among the most serious late complications of the open-heart surgery [1,5]. The incidence of this wound complication is smaller than 1.0 % of all cardiac surgery procedures [2,3]
An inflammatory fistula communicating from the substernal space to the skin and to the left bronchial tree is rare
Summary
STERNOBRONCHIAL FISTULA - UNCOMMON COMPLICATION AFTER CORONARY SURGERY (A CASE REPORT). Summary: The authors describe a case of a 46-year-old man with ischemic heart disease who underwent coronary surgery. After some time span an inflamed wound, several skin fistulae and the system of substernal fistulae appeared. One of these fistulae communicated with the left bronchial tree
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