title: Hypersensitivity reaction to sternal wires: a possible cause of persistent postoperative pain.
abstract: Persistent postoperative incisional pain after aortocoronary bypass surgery was reported by a patient in whom allergies to metals contained in the stainless steel suture used for sternal closure were confirmed by patch testing. The symptoms resolved promptly after the sutures were removed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ochsner Clinic of Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70816.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ancalmo
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Perniciaro
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ochsner
mesh_terms: D001864:Bone Wires; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D010328:Patch Tests; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D013193:Stainless Steel / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013249:Sternum / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013537:Sutures
chemical_list: D013193:Stainless Steel