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Decreasing complications of pectoralis major muscle flap reconstruction with two modalities of negative pressure wound therapy.

Heidi-Mari MyllykangasJari HalonenAnnastiina HussoLeena T Berg
Published in: Scandinavian journal of surgery : SJS : official organ for the Finnish Surgical Society and the Scandinavian Surgical Society (2021)
Incisional negative pressure wound therapy with PICO™ seems beneficial after flap reconstruction. Split pectoralis major muscle flap is a versatile reconstruction option suitable to be used as a workhorse in the treatment of deep sternal wound infection.
Keyphrases
  • surgical site infection
  • breast reconstruction
  • skeletal muscle
  • soft tissue
  • wound healing