Sternotomy closure - sternal plates not a panacea and prophylactic pectoral muscle flaps, an overkill

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2011 Mar;12(3):358-9. doi: 10.1510/icvts.2010.247262A.
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Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Bone Plates*
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures*
  • Humans
  • Mediastinitis / etiology
  • Mediastinitis / prevention & control
  • Pectoralis Muscles / surgery*
  • Sternotomy / adverse effects
  • Sternotomy / instrumentation*
  • Surgical Flaps* / adverse effects
  • Surgical Wound Dehiscence / etiology
  • Surgical Wound Dehiscence / prevention & control
  • Surgical Wound Infection / etiology
  • Surgical Wound Infection / prevention & control
  • Time Factors
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Wound Closure Techniques / adverse effects
  • Wound Closure Techniques / instrumentation*