Heterotopic bone formation: An apparently benign complication of median sternotomy.
Two cases are reported that involve heterotopic bone formation in midline sternotomy scars. The authors relate similar complications associated with abdominal incisions and discuss possible causes.
Weiman
Darryl S.
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Departments of Surgery and Medicine, Pritzker School of Medicine, The University of Chicago, 950 E. 59th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637.
Levett
James J.
JJ
Kampman
Kenneth
K
Childers
Rory W.
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Anagnostopoulos
Constantine E.
CE