Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation cannula-related chronic wound with a retained suture in a neonate
| Autor: | Inez Eiben, Paola Eiben, Mobinula Syed |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Chronic wound
medicine.medical_specialty AcademicSubjects/MED00910 integumentary system Groin business.industry jscrep/0130 medicine.medical_treatment Case Report medicine.disease Cannula Surgery Plastic surgery surgical procedures operative medicine.anatomical_structure Suture (anatomy) Granuloma Persistent Fetal Circulation Syndrome medicine Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Surgical Case Reports |
| ISSN: | 2042-8812 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/jscr/rjaa593 |
| Popis: | Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is often employed to manage persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn where non-invasive therapies have failed. Delivery of ECMO requires insertion of indwelling catheters into central or peripheral vasculature; and this predisposes the recipient to development of catheter-associated skin infection; however, chronic non-healing wounds with granuloma formation are rare. We describe a case of an 8-month-old child who presented to our Plastic Surgery Services with a chronic left groin wound at ECMO cannula insertion site that failed medical management. The patient underwent wound exploration and debridement during which an old non-absorbable suture localized at the base of the wound was discovered. The foreign material as well as granuloma was removed, leading to the resolution of the chronic skin lesion and patient recovery without major complications. To our knowledge, this is the first case report describing an ECMO-associated paediatric chronic wound. |
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