Manubrium-sparing sternotomy and off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with tracheal stoma.
The presence of a tracheal stoma in patients with previous total laryngectomy who require cardiac operations is associated with an increased risk of wound complications and tracheal injuries when a full sternotomy is used. The aim of this report is to describe a technique of manubrium-sparing sternotomy, which can be used in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting without cardiopulmonary bypass.
Ricci
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Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Erie County Medical Center and State University of New York at Buffalo, USA.
Salerno
T A
TA
Houck
J P
JP
D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007825:Laryngectomy; D008371:Manubrium; D013249:Sternum / Q000601:surgery*; D014139:Tracheostomy