title: Resinous plate for permanent sternal splinting in patients with extracardiac conduits.
abstract: During operations on patients with extracardiac conduits, sternal reapproximation occasionally results in critical compression of the conduit and serious deterioration in hemodynamic function. Permanent splinting of the sternum with a methyl methacrylate resinous plate provides an adequate substernal space for the extracardiac conduit.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawauchi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Furuse
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kotsuka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ono
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001864:Bone Wires; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020366:Methylmethacrylate; D008768:Methylmethacrylates; D018633:Pulmonary Atresia / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation / Q000379:methods; D013165:Splints; D013249:Sternum / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D008768:Methylmethacrylates; D020366:Methylmethacrylate