Post-sternotomy pain syndrome following cardiac surgery. case report [PDF]
, 2017 Over 2 million people undergo sternotomy worldwide for heart surgery each year, and many develop post-sternotomy pain syndrome (PSPS) which persists in the anterior thorax.
Bordoni, Bruno +4 more
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Fatigue testing median sternotomy closures [PDF]
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 2001 Sternal dehiscence is commonly due to wire cutting through bone. With a biological model, we measured the rate of cutting through bone, of standard steel wire closure, peristernal steel wire, figure-of-eight closure, polyester and sternal bands sternotomy closure techniques.Polyester, figure-of-eight, peristernal and sternal band closures were tested ...
A R, Casha +5 more
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Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2021 Background The median sternotomy approach in sleeve pneumonectomy enables diseased lung ventilation in selected cases, which may reduce the difficulty in achieving anastomosis under intubation of the left main bronchus.
Hirotoshi Suzuki +5 more
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Minimally invasive mini-thoracotomy access as a surgical method in state-of-the-art treatment of single-vessel coronary heart disease [PDF]
Medicinski Glasnik, 2023 Aim To compare outcomes of two different surgical techniques of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) for treating isolated left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery disease by full median sternotomy technique vs.
Edin Kabil +7 more
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Interdisciplinary three-step strategy to treat aortic stenosis and coronary artery disease in a patient with end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [PDF]
, 2012 Background: Valvular aortic stenosis is a common disease in the elderly, often in multimorbid patients. It is often associated with coronary artery disease and peripheral artery disease.
Beiras Fernández, Andrés +6 more
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Unraveling the role of ectopic thymic tissue in patients undergoing thymectomy for myasthenia gravis [PDF]
, 2019 Extended thymectomy has been considered the goal of surgery for myasthenia gravis (MG) mainly due to the existence of ectopic thymic tissue. Recently, ectopic thymic tissue has attracted increasing attention in patients with MG following thymectomy ...
Bauer, Gero +9 more
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Implantation of a poly-L-lactide GCSF-functionalized scaffold in a model of chronic myocardial infarction [PDF]
, 2017 A previously developed poly-l-lactide scaffold releasing granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (PLLA/GCSF) was tested in a rabbit chronic model of myocardial infarction (MI) as a ventricular patch.
Chello, Massimo +10 more
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An Evidence-Based Perspective on Movement and Activity Following Median Sternotomy.
Physical Therapy, 2019 Cardiac surgery via median sternotomy is performed in over 1 million patients per year worldwide. Despite evidence, sternal precautions in the form of restricted arm and trunk activity are routinely prescribed to patients following surgery to prevent ...
D. El-ansary +9 more
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Faulty sternotomy and complications after median sternotomy
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 1988 In 11 of 55 patients with complications of median sternotomy, a paramedian sternotomy has been detected by computed tomography or at reparative operation. The thin side of the sternum is easily broken by the closing wires, this being the cause of instability and probably dehiscence and consequent infection and osteomyelitis.
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Annals of Translational Medicine, 2019 Background To compare surgical outcomes after mitral valve replacement via either minimally invasive thoracoscopic (MIs) or traditional median sternotomy (MS) surgery and determine the short- and mid-term clinical outcomes of the MI approach.
Jian Liu +14 more
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