Robert Bosch Hospital says Posthorax vest reduced wound complications by 75%


Conclusive results from Robert Bosch Hospital in Stuttgart, Germany


A medical study performed in Robert Bosch Hospital in Stuttgart, Germany, showed that open thoracic post-op patients who used the Posthorax sternum support vest had over 75% fewer wound complications after the operation.

This non-industry-funded trial set out to ascertain two objectives:

  • The effectiveness of a particular procedure to restore blood flow to the heart. This procedure requires opening up the chest cavity in open-heart surgery fashion.

  • The effectiveness of using the Posthorax support vest to reduce wound infections and complications after the surgery.

After the operation, 471 patients were given a Posthorax support vest to support the sternum and help it heal. And 515 were not.

The demographic data for each group was the same.

The study reported a “significant advantage” in using the thorax support vest compared to not using it, as far as wound infection is concerned.

Wound infection is a post-heart-surgery cause of major concern as it can lead to reduced lifespan, the need for additional operations, and expensive additional time in a hospital.

For that small number of patients who did experience wound complications, their stay in a hospital was 50% shorter than those who didn’t wear the vest, another significant change.

The test, one of many spanning a total of over 12,000 patients, showed conclusively that use of the Posthorax vest greatly assists healing and, thereby, overall costs for the patient and for the hospital.

Use of the Posthorax vest is now standard practice at the Hietzing Cardiac Center in Vienna, for which the center won an award for “outstanding performance in patient care.”

To learn more about the Posthorax vest visit www.posthorax.com .