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Vilniaus Universitetas
2013
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- Sternal pseudoarthrosis after resternotomy treated with the Strasbourg Thoracic Osteosyntheses System: a case report Ričardas Janilionis Pierre-Emmanuel Falcoz Vytautas Jovaišas Žymantas Jagelavičius Ramūnas Valančius Medicina STRATOS Sternotomy chest instability sternal osteosynthesis sternal pseudoarthrosis Sternal dehiscence is a serious complication after general thoracic and cardiac surgery. Sternal resuturing, performed by simple rewiring or technical modification of rewiring, can fail overall when the bone quality is poor or the sternum is completely destroyed. A number of different sternal closure systems, consisting of plates, screws, clips and titanium bars, have been recently intoduced to treat the complicated sternal dehiscence. We describe the use of the Strasbourg Thoracic Osteosyntheses System (STRATOS) to treat complicated sternal dehiscence causing chest and back pain, sternum and chest instability, which was applied for the first time in Lithuania. 2013 artículo científico 2029-4174 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=694074055002 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=6940 Acta medica Lituanica application/pdf Vilniaus Universitetas Acta medica Lituanica (Lituania) Num.3 Vol.20