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AI InsightIn this article, we report a 59-year-old male patient who underwent tracheostomy concomitant with coronary artery bypass grafting surgery using a modified “reverse J-shaped” median sternal skin incision and full sternotomy to decrease the risk of sternal infection.
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Abstract
Tracheostomy concomitant with median sternotomy is known to increase the risk of sternal and mediastinal infections. In this article, we report a 59-year-old male patient who underwent tracheostomy concomitant with coronary artery bypass grafting surgery using a modified “reverse J-shaped” median sternal skin incision and full sternotomy to decrease the risk of sternal infection.
Özet
Median sternotomi ile birlikte trakeostomi uygulamasının sternal ve mediastinal enfeksiyon riskini artırdığı bilinmektedir. Bu yazıda sternal enfeksiyon riskini azaltmak için “ters J şeklinde” modifiye edilmiş median sternal cilt insizyonu ve tam sternotomi yaklaşımı uygulanan ve aynı zamanda trakeostomi ile koroner arter bypass greftleme ameliyatı uygulanan 59 yaşında bir erkek olgu sunuldu.