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Technical Modifications to Prevent Massive Hemothorax Following Sternal Plating
Author(s) -
Cece John A.,
Rose Michael R.,
Schneider Lisa F.
Publication year - 2015
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.12594
Subject(s) - medicine , hemothorax , fixation (population genetics) , plating (geology) , surgery , population , pneumothorax , environmental health , geophysics , geology
A BSTRACT We report two cases of life‐threatening massive hemothorax after titanium plate fixation. We propose a modification of this technique using smaller plates that span the sternal bone but do not encroach upon the cartilage of the ribcage. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12594 (J Card Surg 2015;30:691–693)