[HSF] re: endocarditis- New pt

Prasanna Simha M prasannasimha at gmail.com
Fri Jan 4 20:40:43 EST 2008


One of my Teachers was fond of wrapping infected roots with Omentum. Seemed
to work though I did remember one case getting descending peritonitis !!
Prasanna

On Jan 4, 2008 7:53 PM, Asai <asaiasai at oregano.ocn.ne.jp> wrote:

> Tom
>
> Thanks for sharing such a tough case. I hope your voodoo really work!
> However let me ask you a question. Are there any role of omentum, like
> wrapping around the new valved conduit and/or obliterating space around
> the
> new root. Do you think that it works for preventing further infection of
> the
> root? Or have you had the experience?
>
> Tohru
>
>
>
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