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Identifying patients at particular risk of injury during repeat sternotomy: analysis of 2555 cardiac reoperations.
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PMID:  20951254     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
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OBJECTIVES: A variety of protective strategies during repeat sternotomy been proposed; however, it remains unclear for which patients they are warranted.
METHODS: We identified adults undergoing repeat median sternotomy for routine cardiac surgery at our institution between January 1, 1996, and December 31, 2007. The operative notes and perioperative outcomes were reviewed.
RESULTS: Of the 2555 patients, 1537 (60%) had undergone previous coronary artery bypass grafting, 700 (27%) previous mitral valve surgery, and 643 (25%) previous aortic valve replacement (AVR). Sixty-one patients (2%) had prior mediastinal radiotherapy, and 424 (17%) had more than one previous sternotomy. In 231 patients, 267 injuries (9.0%) occurred. Injury occurred during sternotomy in 87 patients (33%) and during prepump dissection in 135 (51%). The hospital mortality rate was 6.5% among those without injury and 18.5% among those with injury (P < .001); when injury occurred during sternal division, the mortality rate was 25%. Injuries were more common after previous coronary artery bypass grafting (11% with previous coronary artery bypass grafting vs 7% without, P = .0012) but not previous AVR, mitral valve surgery, or aortic surgery. Injury was also more common when the current operation was AVR (10% with AVR vs 8% without, P = .04) or aortic surgery (14% vs 8%, P = .004). On multivariate analysis, previous radiotherapy (odds ratio, 4.9), a greater number of previous sternotomies (odds ratio 1.7), and a patent internal thoracic artery (odds ratio, 1.8) predicted injury. Injury was an independent risk factor of hospital death (odds ratio, 2.6).
CONCLUSIONS: Particular attention to protective strategies should be considered during reoperative sternotomy among patients with multiple previous sternotomies, previous mediastinal radiotherapy, and those with patent internal thoracic artery grafts.
Authors:
Chan B Park; Rakesh M Suri; Harold M Burkhart; Kevin L Greason; Joseph A Dearani; Hartzell V Schaff; Thoralf M Sundt
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery     Volume:  140     ISSN:  1097-685X     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg.     Publication Date:  2010 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-10-18     Completed Date:  2010-11-08     Revised Date:  2011-05-03    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0376343     Medline TA:  J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1028-35     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright © 2010 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery. Published by Mosby, Inc. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Aged
Cardiopulmonary Bypass / adverse effects
Chi-Square Distribution
Coronary Artery Bypass / adverse effects*,  mortality
Female
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / adverse effects*,  mortality
Hospital Mortality
Humans
Logistic Models
Male
Middle Aged
Minnesota
Odds Ratio
Postoperative Complications / etiology*,  mortality,  prevention & control
Radiotherapy / adverse effects
Reoperation
Retrospective Studies
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Sternotomy / adverse effects*,  mortality
Treatment Outcome
Vascular Patency
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Comment In:
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2011 Apr;141(4):1085; author reply 1085   [PMID:  21419908 ]

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