METHOD OF ANAESTHETICS AND PREVENTION OF INFLAMMATORY COMPLICATIONS AFTER MEDIAN STERNOTOMY Russian patent published in 2015 - IPC A61M25/01 A61K31/167 A61P23/02 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: after performing median sternotomy pericardial and mediastinal drainages are installed and sternum is sutured. After suturing sternum for length of its entire front surface, catheter is installed through skin counterpuncture, with 1.0-2.0 cm indent from lower wound edge. proximal end of catheter is fixed to subcutaneous-adipose cellular tissue with absorbable suture material, and distal part of catheter with cannula is fixed by suturing to skin with non-absorbable suture material. Local anaesthetic is introduced through installed catheter every 6 hours, with antibiotic being introduced every 8 hours. Introduction of medications is performed for 3-5 days.

EFFECT: method provides effective anaesthetics with simultaneous drainage of front sternum surface and skin wound due to introduction of anaesthetics and antibiotics via catheter into said zone, which additionally reduces quantity of exudative inflammatory complications in post-operative period.

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