title: [The application of poly (L-lactide) sternal coaptation pins for median sternotomy].
abstract: Poly (L-lactide) sternal coaptation pin has been developed as an assistant material for the fixation of sternum. We used the novel material to a patient who underwent median sternotomy. A 21-year-old male was suspected to have invasive thymoma in the anterior mediastinum. The median sternotomy was indicated as an approach for the resection of tumor. Tumor was completely resected and there was no invasion to sternum. For the fixation of sternum, three poly (L-lactide) sternal coaptation pins were inserted in the bone marrow of sternum and five stainless steel wires were used as conventional procedure. Sternum was adapted without slippage and no complication from the material was observed in the post-surgical period. The application of poly (L-lactide) sternal coaptation pin is a good option for ensuring the fixation of sternum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sakurada
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sagawa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Satoh
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tanita
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsumura
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fujimura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kondo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D001858:Bone Nails; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D011091:Polyesters; D013249:Sternum / Q000601:surgery*; D013945:Thymoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D011091:Polyesters; C033616:poly(lactide); C062968:lactide-caprolactone copolymer