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[Staged sternal closure for the case of postoperative severe cardiac failure: a convenient method in the intensive
1Department of Thoracic Surgery, Japanese Red Cross, Nagoya First Hospital.
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A convenient method of staged sternal closure in the intensive care unit for a patient with severe cardiac failure was reported. According to the patient's cardiac function, optimal intersternal space can be adjusted. When using this method on a infant, the adjustment has shown to be very easy and take only a short time. However we have no experience on adults with stronger sternum.
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