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The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol 73, 267-268, Copyright © 1977 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Western Thoracic Surgical Association


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The prevention and treatment of sternum separation following open-heart surgery

F Robicsek, HK Daugherty and JW Cook

A method to prevent and treat sternum separation following open-heart surgery is presented. The procedure consists of passing parasternal continuous sutures placed alternatingly in front and behind the costal cartilages and then including them in the usual parasternal sutures.


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