title: [Staged sternal closure for the case of postoperative severe cardiac failure: a convenient method in the intensive care unit].
abstract: A convenient method of staged sternal closure in the intensive care unit for a patient with severe cardiac failure was reported. According to the patient's cardiac function, optimal intersternal space can be adjusted. When using this method on a infant, the adjustment has shown to be very easy and take only a short time. However we have no experience on adults with stronger sternum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Japanese Red Cross, Nagoya First Hospital.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yuasa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yano
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hayase
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kidokoro
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hattori
mesh_terms: D002303:Cardiac Output, Low / Q000601:surgery*; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D015278:Intensive Care Units, Pediatric; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D013249:Sternum / Q000601:surgery*