Plastron-trapdoor technique for direct-vision sternal re-entry.
Repeat median sternotomy does not allow good access for retrosternal re-entry. Conversely, by using the plastron-trapdoor technique, which we describe in this report, the retrosternal tissues are dissected from the body of the sternum under direct vision, thus allowing relatively safe and wide exposure for retrosternal re-entry.
Endo
Shunsuke
S
Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Jichi Medical School, Minamikawachi-machi, Kawachi, Tochigi, 329-0498, Japan.
Hasegawa
Tsuyoshi
T
Tsubochi
Hiroyoshi
H
Sato
Yukio
Y
Sohara
Yasunori
Y
D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008637:Mesenchymoma / Q000601:surgery; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D012086:Reoperation; D013249:Sternum / Q000601:surgery*; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods