Resinous plate for permanent sternal splinting in patients with extracardiac conduits.
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.
Kawauchi
M
M
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan.
Furuse
A
A
Kotsuka
Y
Y
Ono
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M
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*
D008768:Methylmethacrylates; D020366:Methylmethacrylate