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Sternal Disorder

MedGen UID:
234906
•Concept ID:
C1336502
•
Disease or Syndrome

Definition

A non-neoplastic or neoplastic disorder that affects the sternum. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Deep Sternal Wound Infection: Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention.
Phoon PHY, Hwang NC
J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2020 Jun;34(6):1602-1613. Epub 2019 Sep 18 doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2019.09.019. PMID: 31623967
Diagnosis and Treatment of Esophageal Candidiasis: Current Updates.
Mohamed AA, Lu XL, Mounmin FA
Can J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2019;2019:3585136. Epub 2019 Oct 20 doi: 10.1155/2019/3585136. PMID: 31772927Free PMC Article
Evaluation and management of heart murmurs in children.
Frank JE, Jacobe KM
Am Fam Physician 2011 Oct 1;84(7):793-800. PMID: 22010618

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Review on risk factors, classification, and treatment of sternal wound infection.
Song Y, Chu W, Sun J, Liu X, Zhu H, Yu H, Shen C
J Cardiothorac Surg 2023 May 19;18(1):184. doi: 10.1186/s13019-023-02228-y. PMID: 37208736Free PMC Article
Commentary: Small patients with big wounds.
Young AM, Norman AV, Kron IL
J Card Surg 2022 Nov;37(11):3703-3704. Epub 2022 Aug 18 doi: 10.1111/jocs.16845. PMID: 35979689Free PMC Article
Current Management of Sternal Wounds.
Hamaguchi R, Shekar PS, Johnson JA, Orgill DP
Plast Reconstr Surg 2021 Dec 1;148(6):1012e-1025e. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000008510. PMID: 34847131
Prevention, Classification and Management Review of Deep Sternal Wound Infection.
Alebrahim K, Al-Ebrahim E
Heart Surg Forum 2020 Sep 14;23(5):E652-E657. doi: 10.1532/hsf.3153. PMID: 32990568
Deep Sternal Wound Infection: Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention.
Phoon PHY, Hwang NC
J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2020 Jun;34(6):1602-1613. Epub 2019 Sep 18 doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2019.09.019. PMID: 31623967

Diagnosis

Acute mediastinitis, mediastinal granuloma, and chronic fibrosing mediastinitis: A review.
Lin J, Jimenez CA
Semin Diagn Pathol 2022 Mar;39(2):113-119. Epub 2021 Jun 15 doi: 10.1053/j.semdp.2021.06.008. PMID: 34176697
Deep Sternal Wound Infection: Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention.
Phoon PHY, Hwang NC
J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2020 Jun;34(6):1602-1613. Epub 2019 Sep 18 doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2019.09.019. PMID: 31623967
Noonan syndrome.
Bhambhani V, Muenke M
Am Fam Physician 2014 Jan 1;89(1):37-43. PMID: 24444506Free PMC Article
The trisomy 18 syndrome.
Cereda A, Carey JC
Orphanet J Rare Dis 2012 Oct 23;7:81. doi: 10.1186/1750-1172-7-81. PMID: 23088440Free PMC Article
Evaluation and management of heart murmurs in children.
Frank JE, Jacobe KM
Am Fam Physician 2011 Oct 1;84(7):793-800. PMID: 22010618

Therapy

Review on risk factors, classification, and treatment of sternal wound infection.
Song Y, Chu W, Sun J, Liu X, Zhu H, Yu H, Shen C
J Cardiothorac Surg 2023 May 19;18(1):184. doi: 10.1186/s13019-023-02228-y. PMID: 37208736Free PMC Article
Current Management of Sternal Wounds.
Hamaguchi R, Shekar PS, Johnson JA, Orgill DP
Plast Reconstr Surg 2021 Dec 1;148(6):1012e-1025e. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000008510. PMID: 34847131
Hyperbaric oxygen for refractory osteomyelitis.
Hart BB
Undersea Hyperb Med 2021 Third Quarter;48(3):297-321. PMID: 34390634
Deep Sternal Wound Infection: Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention.
Phoon PHY, Hwang NC
J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2020 Jun;34(6):1602-1613. Epub 2019 Sep 18 doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2019.09.019. PMID: 31623967
Diagnosis and Treatment of Esophageal Candidiasis: Current Updates.
Mohamed AA, Lu XL, Mounmin FA
Can J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2019;2019:3585136. Epub 2019 Oct 20 doi: 10.1155/2019/3585136. PMID: 31772927Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Risk factors for post sternotomy wound complications across the patient journey: A systematised review of the literature.
Morrell Scott N, Lotto RR, Spencer E, Grant MJ, Penson P, Jones ID
Heart Lung 2022 Sep-Oct;55:89-101. Epub 2022 Apr 30 doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2022.04.013. PMID: 35504241
MDCT evaluation of sternal development.
Gumeler E, Akpinar E, Ariyurek OM
Surg Radiol Anat 2019 Mar;41(3):281-286. Epub 2019 Jan 25 doi: 10.1007/s00276-019-02189-9. PMID: 30683995
Atraumatic sternum fracture.
Abrahamsen SØ, Madsen CF
BMJ Case Rep 2014 Oct 17;2014 doi: 10.1136/bcr-2014-206683. PMID: 25326566Free PMC Article
Improving the management of seborrhoeic dermatitis.
Ooi ET, Tidman MJ
Practitioner 2014 Feb;258(1768):23-6, 3. PMID: 24689165
The trisomy 18 syndrome.
Cereda A, Carey JC
Orphanet J Rare Dis 2012 Oct 23;7:81. doi: 10.1186/1750-1172-7-81. PMID: 23088440Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Anti-fibrotic therapy and lung transplant outcomes in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Astor TL, Goldberg HJ, Snyder LD, Courtwright A, Hachem R, Pena T, Zaffiri L, Criner GJ, Budev MM, Thaniyavarn T, Leonard TB, Bender S, Barakat A, Breeze JL, LaCamera P
Ther Adv Respir Dis 2023 Jan-Dec;17:17534666231165912. doi: 10.1177/17534666231165912. PMID: 37073794Free PMC Article
Pyoderma Gangrenosum after Cardiac Surgery.
Petrov A, Kappert U, Schmidt T, Matschke KE, Wilbring M
Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2023 Jan;71(1):53-61. Epub 2021 Dec 11 doi: 10.1055/s-0041-1735960. PMID: 34894635
Risk factors for post sternotomy wound complications across the patient journey: A systematised review of the literature.
Morrell Scott N, Lotto RR, Spencer E, Grant MJ, Penson P, Jones ID
Heart Lung 2022 Sep-Oct;55:89-101. Epub 2022 Apr 30 doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2022.04.013. PMID: 35504241
Diagnosis and Treatment of Esophageal Candidiasis: Current Updates.
Mohamed AA, Lu XL, Mounmin FA
Can J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2019;2019:3585136. Epub 2019 Oct 20 doi: 10.1155/2019/3585136. PMID: 31772927Free PMC Article
Bilateral Versus Single Internal Thoracic Artery Grafts.
Persson M, Sartipy U
Curr Cardiol Rep 2018 Jan 23;20(1):4. doi: 10.1007/s11886-018-0947-1. PMID: 29362968Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

Pyoderma Gangrenosum after Cardiac Surgery.
Petrov A, Kappert U, Schmidt T, Matschke KE, Wilbring M
Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2023 Jan;71(1):53-61. Epub 2021 Dec 11 doi: 10.1055/s-0041-1735960. PMID: 34894635
Combined Bentall and Modified Ravitch Procedures: A Case Report and Systematic Review of the Evidence.
Taghizadeh Waghefi A, Petrov A, Wilbring M, Fajfrova Z, Fitze G, Matschke K, Kappert U
Medicina (Kaunas) 2022 Nov 30;58(12) doi: 10.3390/medicina58121774. PMID: 36556976Free PMC Article
Bone metastasis from glioblastoma: a systematic review.
Strong MJ, Koduri S, Allison JA, Pesavento CM, Ogunsola S, Ogunsola O, Yee TJ, Khalsa SSS, Saadeh YS, Joseph JR, Kashlan ON, Park P, Oppenlander ME, Szerlip NJ
J Neurooncol 2022 Jul;158(3):379-392. Epub 2022 May 17 doi: 10.1007/s11060-022-04025-4. PMID: 35578056
Body Mass Index and Mortality Among Adults Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: A Nationwide Study With a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Mariscalco G, Wozniak MJ, Dawson AG, Serraino GF, Porter R, Nath M, Klersy C, Kumar T, Murphy GJ
Circulation 2017 Feb 28;135(9):850-863. Epub 2016 Dec 28 doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.116.022840. PMID: 28034901
Unusual manifestations of thoracic sarcoidosis.
Rockoff SD, Rohatgi PK
AJR Am J Roentgenol 1985 Mar;144(3):513-28. doi: 10.2214/ajr.144.3.513. PMID: 3155892

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