title: Laminectomy retractor: a useful tool for redo sternotomy.
abstract: Sternal re-entry represents a critical step during redo cardiac surgery. We describe a simple method that relies on opening of the posterior table of the sternum with a laminectomy retractor after dividing the anterior table with an oscillating saw.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: Pankaj
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Saxena
authors.forename: Adam D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Zimmet
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012086:Reoperation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D056346:Sternotomy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*