title: Modified Robicsek technique for complicated sternal closure.
abstract: A modification of the technique described by Robicsek and associates for treatment of sternum separation after open heart operation is described. The technique consists of placing four interlocking steel wires parasternally on both sides and then including them in the usual transverse peristernal wires.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Nijmegen St. Radboud, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tavilla
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: van Son
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Verhagen
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Lacquet
mesh_terms: D001864:Bone Wires; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D006801:Humans; D013193:Stainless Steel; D013249:Sternum / Q000601:surgery*; D013529:Surgical Wound Dehiscence / Q000601:surgery*; D013536:Suture Techniques
chemical_list: D013193:Stainless Steel