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Achilles Tendon for Sternal Synthesis in the Treatment of Mediastinitis  Marisa De Feo, MD, Antonio Carozza, MD, PhD, Alessandro Della Corte, MD, Cesare.

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1 Achilles Tendon for Sternal Synthesis in the Treatment of Mediastinitis 
Marisa De Feo, MD, Antonio Carozza, MD, PhD, Alessandro Della Corte, MD, Cesare Quarto, MD, Michele Torella, MD, Luca Salvatore De Santo, MD, Gianantonio Nappi, MD, Maurizio Cotrufo, MD  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  Volume 79, Issue 1, Pages (January 2005) DOI: /j.athoracsur

2 Fig 1 Right (bottom) and left (top) Achilles tendons soon after their sterile explantation from a multiorgan donor. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur )

3 Fig 2 An Achilles tendon is doubled in length by means of a longitudinal incision. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur )

4 Fig 3 A detail of the sternal synthesis obtained with Achilles tendons. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur )

5 Fig 4 Thirty-day chest computed tomographic scan of a patient in whom sternal synthesis was obtained with Achilles tendons, showing the absence of diastasis of the hemisterna. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur )

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