YUNUS AKSOY, NECATİ ÇITAK, ÖZGÜR İŞGÖRÜCÜ, ÇİĞDEM OBUZ, ADNAN SAYAR
Current Thoracic Surgery - 2019;4(3):140-142
Foreign body reaction and deep wound infection (DWI) following sternal resection and reconstruction represent a serious problem. In recent years, negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) have been used in clinical practice for treatment of DWIs. However, publications regarding the use of NPWT for the prosthetic material-related inflammation and DWI are yet quite rare. We present a very rare case, which is characterized with foreign body reaction and DWI after sternal reconstruction for a giant chondrosarcoma with the treatment of surgical debridement and NPWT.
