Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery
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Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg
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Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg · Mar 2010
Traumatic fracture of nitinol thermoreactive sternal clips.
Median sternotomy can be associated with significant morbidity, including non-union, dehiscence and mediastinitis. The use of flexible thermoreactive sternal clips has been introduced recently as an alternative method of sternal closure and is advocated in patients at increased risk of sternal breakdown. It is associated with a decreased incidence of sternal complications as well as allowing faster sternal closure and easy removal on resternotomy. This report describes the case of a fractured thermoreactive clip following trauma, resulting in sternal dehiscence necessitating sternal rewiring.
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Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg · Mar 2010
Editorial Comment Historical ArticleThe evolution of aortic root surgery for Marfan syndrome.