Poststernotomy mediastinitis carries significant morbidity and mortality. Aggressive wound debridement combined with a pedicled omental flap, with or without a pedicled muscle flap, has gained acceptance in the management of difficult sternal wound infections. Two cases of poststernotomy mediastinitis and sternal wound reconstruction with a pedicled omental flap were complicated by a large anterior diaphragmatic hernia containing the large bowel.
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