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Methyl methacrylate plate to prevent compression after heart transplantation
A S Jazzar1, W E Dalton, N E Bradley
1Oklahoma Transplantation Institute, Baptist Medical Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73112.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|May 1, 1993
Abstract:
A methyl methacrylate plate was fashioned to maintain the sternum in the open position in a patient with impaired donor heart function after transplantation. Bilateral mammary flaps enabled soft tissue and skin closure. The chest wall fixation obtained allowed extubation and spontaneous breathing. The plate was subsequently removed. The patient remains well almost 3 years later.