SHU-CHIEN HUANGHSAO-HSUN HSUKUEN-YUAN CHENSHOEI-SHEN WANGLee Y.-C.2021-05-242021-05-2420080171-6425https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-45549084062&doi=10.1055%2fs-2008-1038353&partnerID=40&md5=0c91969e31e9548cf0ee865e8cac3554https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/561912Tracheostomy can complicate a sternotomy by direct contamination of the wound, resulting in mediastinitis. We report the technique of using a thymus pedicle flap to separate the tracheostomy and sternotomy wounds. This technique eliminates the infection route, and successful debridement with primary closure of the sternotomy wound can be performed. ? Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart.[SDGs]SDG3aged; article; case report; computer assisted tomography; debridement; human; male; mediastinitis; pedicled skin flap; priority journal; thyroid cancer; tracheostomy; Aged; Debridement; Humans; Male; Mediastinitis; Sternum; Surgical Flaps; Surgical Wound Infection; Thyroid Neoplasms; Tracheostomyjournal article10.1055/s-2008-1038353184812502-s2.0-45549084062