Sternal plating for primary and secondary sternal closure | 合法醫療器材資訊網

由HFawzy著作·2009·被引用56次—Sternalplatesinsternalclosure[15]haveshownbetterdistributionoftheforceacrossthesternumthatyieldingamoresecureclosure.

With approval of the St. Michaels Hospital Research Ethics Board and the University of Toronto, midline sternotomy was performed in 18 adult human cadavers. Each cadaver was subject to three sternal closure techniques in three subsequent stages as follows (Figure 1a–e[1]):

Pictorial representation of the five different sternal closure techniques used. (a) Approximation with stainless steel sternal wires alone. (b) Approximation with multifilament sternal cables alone.(c) Approximation with sternal wires and a single plate at rib number 6. (d) Approximation with sternal cables and a single plate at rib number 6. (e) Approximation with four plates.

Approximation with stainless steel sternal ...