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Median sternotomy – gold standard incision for cardiac surgeons [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Investigative Surgery, 2016
Sternotomy is the gold standard incision for cardiac surgeons but it is also used in thoracic surgery especially for mediastinal, tracheal and main stem bronchus surgery.
Radu Matache, Mihai Dumitrescu, Andrei Bobocea, Ioan Cordoș   +3 more
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Brachial plexus injury following median sternotomy [PDF]

Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, 2012
Brachial plexus injury during median sternotomy is a rare complication with good prognosis, but the dysfunction can be intractable in some cases. We report one diabetic patient who had prolonged pain, tingling sense and motor weakness in his left hand following a median sternotomy for open heart surgery.
Ho Young Gil, Mi Ja Yun, Ji Eun Kim, Myung Ae Lee, Do Heon Kim   +4 more
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Intercostal pseudoaneurysm after median sternotomy treated with percutaneous thrombin injection [PDF]

Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques
Intercostal artery pseudoaneurysm is an exceedingly rare complication seen after chest wall insult, either through trauma or operative procedures. We present a case of a 74-year-old man with mitral regurgitation and aortic stenosis who underwent aortic ...
Jack F. Donaghue, BA, Kirthi S. Bellamkonda, MD, MSc, Bjoern D. Suckow, MD, MS, Jock N. McCullough, MD   +3 more
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Minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum in an adolescent with a history of a median sternotomy as an infant

Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2014
The report by Nuss et al., in 1998 of their 10-year experience with minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum introduced the possibility of a less invasive approach for the correction of chest wall abnormalities.
Lauren Huckaby, Rajeev Prasad
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Right vertical axillary incision vs. median sternotomy for congenital ventricular septal defect repair in children: a propensity score-matched study [PDF]

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
ObjectiveTo retrospectively assess the outcomes of open-heart repair for ventricular septal defect in children using a right vertical axillary incision compared to median sternotomy.MethodFrom January 2022 to May 2023, children who underwent open-heart ...
Lijuan Liu, Chenhan Wang, Jie Dong, Jiayi Lin, Mingxiao Liu, Wei Li, Debin Zeng, Xiaohui Yang, Xicheng Deng   +8 more
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Median Sternotomy for Mediastinal Mass Removal: Thymoma of Unknown Cause [PDF]

Cureus
Murphy K, Hoodfar A, Katkic M, Purut C.
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Brachial Plexus Paralysis after Thoracotomy through Median Sternotomy: A New Case Report of Poor Prognosis Despite Lower Radiculopathy. [PDF]

J Orthop Case Rep
Fukushi R.
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Comparison of Short-Term Outcomes: Minimally Invasive Thoracotomy Versus Median Sternotomy for Atrial Septal Defect Closure [PDF]

Cureus
Ullah A, Zaher A, Saha H, Mamun S, Akhter S.   +4 more
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A case of multiple median sternotomy for infection and expanding hematoma in 10 years. [PDF]

Egypt Heart J, 2023
Nakajima T, Iba Y, Shibata T, Kawaharada N.   +3 more
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Translocation of aberrant left subclavian artery and resection of Kommerell's diverticulum by total arch replacement via median sternotomy. [PDF]

Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Cases
Yokawa K, Nakagawa T, Kusakizako M, Tanaka Y, Higuma T, Yoshida K, Oshima Y, Obo H, Wakiyama H.   +8 more
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