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- Irfan Tasoglu and Gokhan Lafci.
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Hospital, 06100 Ankara, Turkey. irfantasoglu@yahoo.com
- Tex Heart Inst J. 2012 Jan 1;39(2):215-7.
AbstractHerein, we describe a plate-fixation technique as an alternative method to close a fragile or fractured sternum. A 69-year-old obese woman with diabetes mellitus and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease underwent coronary artery bypass grafting. One week postoperatively, sternal instability was detected, and traditional rewiring was performed. A week later, because of multiple sternal fractures, we performed sternal resection, with use of longitudinally affixed titanium plates and figure-8 steel wires for the anterior chest wall. The procedure was uneventful, and, on short-term follow-up, the anterior chest wall was stable. This longitudinal plate-fixation technique can be tailored to each patient. We think that the technique is safe, effective, economical, and easy to implement, and it is readily reproducible. To evaluate any associated risks, long-term follow-up in additional patients is warranted.
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