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Laminectomy Retractor: A Useful Tool for Redo Sternotomy
Author(s) -
Saxena Pankaj,
Zimmet Adam D.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/jocs.12375
Subject(s) - retractor , medicine , sternum , laminectomy , surgery , spinal cord , psychiatry
Sternal re‐entry represents a critical step during redo cardiac surgery. We describe a simple method that relies on opening of the posterior table of the sternum with a laminectomy retractor after dividing the anterior table with an oscillating saw. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12375 (J Card Surg 2014;29:785–786)
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