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Aldo Cannata1, Claudio Francesco Russo, Ettore Vitali
1Angelo De Gasperis Department of Cardiac Surgery, Niguarda Cà Granda Hospital, Milan, Italy. aldo.cannata@libero.it
Abstract:
Previous reports documented the relationship between inadvertent paramedian sternotomy and postoperative sternal instability and dehiscence.We describe a modification of the technique of median sternotomy in order to prevent inadvertent paramedian sternotomy and related wound complications.
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