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Hypersensitivity reaction to sternal wires: a possible cause of persistent postoperative pain
N Ancalmo1, C Perniciaro, J Ochsner
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ochsner Clinic of Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70816.
Cardiovascular Surgery (London, England)
|August 1, 1993
Abstract:
Persistent postoperative incisional pain after aortocoronary bypass surgery was reported by a patient in whom allergies to metals contained in the stainless steel suture used for sternal closure were confirmed by patch testing. The symptoms resolved promptly after the sutures were removed.