We present the case of a two-year-old girl, with a history of pulmonary banding surgery who underwent a chest wall stabilization technique with titanium rods and muscle flaps coverage, due to post-surgical mediastinitis associated with total sternal loss after ventricular septal defect closure surgery, debanding, and pulmonary artery plasty. The patient had a favorable postsurgical evolution.

Se presenta el caso de una niña de 2 años de edad, con antecedente de una cirugía de banding pulmonar, a quien se le realiza una técnica de estabilización de pared torácica con barras de titanio y cobertura con flaps musculares por presentar mediastinitis posquirúrgica asociada a pérdida esternal total, luego de una cirugía de cierre de comunicación interventricular, debanding y plastia de arteria pulmonar. La paciente presentó evolución posquirúrgica favorable.

We present the case of a two-year-old girl, with a history of pulmonary banding surgery who underwent a chest wall stabilization technique with titanium rods and muscle flaps coverage, due to post-surgical mediastinitis associated with total sternal loss after ventricular septal defect closure surgery, debanding, and pulmonary artery plasty. The patient had a favorable postsurgical evolution.