Median sternotomy closure:review and update research  

作　　者：Hua Kun Yang Xiubin 

机构地区：[1]Department of Surgery, Cardiovascular Institute & Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100037, China

出　　处：《Journal of Medical Colleges of PLA(China)》2009年第2期112-117,共6页中国人民解放军军医大学学报（英文版）

基　　金：Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(30870620)

摘　　要：Cardiac surgery is a very common operation nowadays all over the world.Median sternotomy is a routine procedure required for cardiac access during open heart surgery.The complications of this procedure after the cardiac surgery range from 0.7% to 1.5% of all cases,and bear a high mortality rate if they occur.Every individual surgeon must pay great attention on every detail during the sternal closure.This article shows the details as to conventional information and updated progress on median sternotomy closure.The update contents involve in biomechanics,number of wires twists,biomaterial and so on.According to our experience,we recommend four peristernal single/double steel wires for sternal closure as our optimal choice.Cardiac surgery is a very common operation nowadays all over the world. Median sternotomy is a routine procedure required for cardiac access during open heart surgery. The complications of this procedure after the cardiac surgery range from 0.7% to 1.5% of all cases, and bear a high mortality rate if they occur. Every individual surgeon must pay great attention on every detail during the sternal closure. This article shows the details as to conventional information and updated progress on median sternotomy closure. The update contents involve in biomechanics, number of wires twists, biomaterial and so on. According to our experience, we recommend four peristernal single/double steel wires for sternal closure as our optimal choice.

关 键 词：Median stemotomy closure REVIEW UPDATE 

分 类 号：R654.2[医药卫生—外科学] R737.9[医药卫生—临床医学]