{"title":"[Surgical Treatment with Pulsed Lavage Irrigation for Infective Endocarditis].","authors":"Kotone Tsujimoto, Hideo Yoshida, Genya Muraoka, Masahiko Kuinose","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Pulsed lavage irrigation (PLI) is a procedure used to wash contaminated soft tissues and prevent infection in orthopedic surgery. We applicated PLI for surgical treatment of infective endocarditis( IE).</p><p><strong>Subjects and methods: </strong>From January 2017 to June 2021, 6 cases underwent surgical treatment IE using PLI. We investigated an efficacy of PLI.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Infected valves were mitral valve in 4 cases, aortic valve in 1 case, and aortic prosthetic valve in 1 case. The performed procedures were mitral valve plasty in 4 cases, aortic valve replacement in 1 case, and 1 removal of vegetation on the aortic prosthetic valve. No recurrence of IE or no deterioration of the native valve or the prosthetic valve was observed in follow-up periods.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>PLI was useful for surgical treatment of IE because of no recurrence of IE or no deterioration of native mitral valves or the aortic prosthetic valve.</p>","PeriodicalId":17841,"journal":{"name":"Kyobu geka. The Japanese journal of thoracic surgery","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Kyobu geka. The Japanese journal of thoracic surgery","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"Medicine","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Introduction: Pulsed lavage irrigation (PLI) is a procedure used to wash contaminated soft tissues and prevent infection in orthopedic surgery. We applicated PLI for surgical treatment of infective endocarditis( IE).
Subjects and methods: From January 2017 to June 2021, 6 cases underwent surgical treatment IE using PLI. We investigated an efficacy of PLI.
Results: Infected valves were mitral valve in 4 cases, aortic valve in 1 case, and aortic prosthetic valve in 1 case. The performed procedures were mitral valve plasty in 4 cases, aortic valve replacement in 1 case, and 1 removal of vegetation on the aortic prosthetic valve. No recurrence of IE or no deterioration of the native valve or the prosthetic valve was observed in follow-up periods.
Conclusion: PLI was useful for surgical treatment of IE because of no recurrence of IE or no deterioration of native mitral valves or the aortic prosthetic valve.