1. Spool-Like Stent for the Open Sternum After Cardiac Operations
Hisashi Satoh, MD, Kei Sakai, MD, Masahiro Koyama, MD, Hikaru Matsuda, MD 
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 
Volume 63, Issue 2, Pages (February 1997)
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2. Fig. 1
Making of the spool-like stent. The ends of the outer barrel of two different-sized polypropylene syringes were cut in a circular fashion.
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3. Fig. 2
The spool-like sternal stent (left to right: 50 mL and 30 mL, 30 mL and 20 mL, 20 mL and 10 mL).
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4. Fig. 3 Cross-section schema of this technique.
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5. Fig. 4 Two stents were used to open the sternum.
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6. Fig. 5
(A) Preoperative status in severe cardiogenic shock after acute myocardial infarction. (B) Postoperative status with the spool-like stent technique.
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