The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol 73, 306-308, Copyright © 1977 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Western Thoracic Surgical Association
Management of an infected Hancock prosthesis after repair of truncus arteriosus
PW Moseley, JL Ochsner, NL Mills and J Chapman
This report described a case in which purulent mediastinitis involving a
Hancock prosthesis developed after repair of truncus arteriosus in a
6-year-old boy. The graft and surrounding area became sterilized after
having been irrigated with povidone-iodine and antibiotic solutions for 6
weeks. At his most recent visit, the child was completely active and
asymptomatic.