Effective use of electrolized soft acid aqueous solution for treatment of mediastinitis following cardiac surgery
Honma, Y.; Koshino, T.; Komatsu, K.; Tsukamoto, M.; Abe, T.
Kyobu Geka. Japanese Journal of Thoracic Surgery 54(10): 839-841
2001
ISSN/ISBN: 0021-5252 PMID: 11554073 Document Number: 528314
Mediastinitis following cardiac surgery occurs infrequently, but features both high mortality and morbidity, especially in patients with an artificial graft. A 24-year-old man was admitted with a diagnosis of Williams'syndrome with supraaortic stenosis. After ascending aorta and hemiarch reconstruction, mediastinitis developed, which was treated successfully with mediastinal irrigation using electrolized soft acid aqueous solution at one liter per day for 3 days. This procedure appears to be an effective method for treatment of mediastinitis following cardiac surgery.