title: [Cardiac electrode as a cause of the chronic sternal ostheomyelitis].
abstract: Results of the diagnostic concept and treatment of 5 patients with the chronic sternal ostheomyelitis after the open cardiac surgery caused by the "forgotten" cardiac electrodes were analyzed in the article. The radiologic diagnostic criteria and necessity of the computed tomography, in particular, were stated.
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Fedorov
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Pechetov
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Vishnevskiĭ
authors.forename: N I
authors.initials: NI
authors.lastname: Iashina
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D005547:Foreign Bodies; D006801:Humans; D019300:Medical Errors; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000209:etiology*; D013249:Sternum / Q000473:pathology*