Resinous plate for permanent sternal splinting in patients with extracardiac conduits.

Kawauchi, M; Furuse, A; Kotsuka, Y; Ono, M · Ann Thorac Surg · 1996

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

During operations on patients with extracardiac conduits, sternal reapproximation occasionally results in critical compression of the conduit and serious deterioration in hemodynamic function. Permanent splinting of the sternum with a methyl methacrylate resinous plate provides an adequate substernal space for the extracardiac conduit.

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