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Temporary Stenting of the Sternum After Difficult Cardiac Operations

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1 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

2 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

3 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

4 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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