Breast Cerclage: An Innovative Expedient for  Perimammary Dehiscence Healing

We report the case of a 66-year-old female patient with a critical post-surgical sternal dehiscence and multiple chronic comorbidities. The dehiscence was managed with a routinely performed primary intention closure combined with an innovative breast cerclage. To our opinion, this is the first reported description of a breast cerclage used as an expedient to reduce tension on the wound and minimize the risk of relapse, allowing a rapid and complete healing. This novel technique has proved to be effective and satisfactory in the achievement of both a functional and aesthetic results and we are confident that it could become a fully-fledged wound healing issue in chest wall reconstruction. Graphical abstract

Source: Journal of the American College of Clinical Wound Specialists - June 1, 2018 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research