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Temporary Stenting of the Sternum After Difficult Cardiac Operations
Ganeshakrishnan K. Thyagarajan, MD, Adnan Cobanoglu, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 64, Issue 5, Pages (November 1997) DOI: /S (97) Copyright © 1997 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
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Fig 1 Making the stent. (a) The ends of the outer barrel of a syringe are cut to make a hollow cylinder. (b) The cut ends of the syringe are notched; the sternal edges will fit snugly into the notches. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery , DOI: ( /S (97) ) Copyright © 1997 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
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Fig 2 A stent prepared from the outer barrel of a 60-mL syringe.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery , DOI: ( /S (97) ) Copyright © 1997 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
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Fig 3 The stent in place keeping the sternal edges widely apart.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery , DOI: ( /S (97) ) Copyright © 1997 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
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