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1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
Journal of Cardiac Surgery
|June 4, 2014
Abstract:
Sternal re-entry represents a critical step during redo cardiac surgery. We describe a simple method that relies on opening of the posterior table of the sternum with a laminectomy retractor after dividing the anterior table with an oscillating saw.
