title: Sternalock plating system for elderly post-sternotomy patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital, 35-2, Sakae-cho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, 173-0015, Japan, takashin-tky@umin.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: Chitaru
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kurihara
authors.forename: Yasuhito
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sakano
authors.forename: Shunei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kyo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001860:Bone Plates; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000517:prevention & control; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D056346:Sternotomy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013249:Sternum / Q000601:surgery*; D013529:Surgical Wound Dehiscence / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome