title: Static and cine CT imaging to identify and characterize mediastinal adhesions as a potential complication for patients underdoing "redo sternotomy".
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this article is to describe the image acquisition, identification, and reporting of postoperative adhesions in patients undergoing CT for "redo sternotomy" surgical planning.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Adhesions appear as linear fibrous bands that join structures in the mediastinum viewed on static images. Confirmation by cine imaging shows deformation of mediastinal structures. Identification and reporting of adhesions will likely guide surgeons to safer interventions.
authors.affiliation: Applied Imaging Science Laboratory, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. nmalguria@gmail.com
authors.forename: Nagina
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Malguria
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hanley
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Steigner
authors.forename: Kanako K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Kumamaru
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Wake
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zenati
authors.forename: Frank J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Rybicki
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008477:Mediastinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011857:Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; D012086:Reoperation; D056346:Sternotomy; D000267:Tissue Adhesions / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*