Limited vertical skin incision for median sternotomy

Limited vertical skin incision for median sternotomy

The cosmetic deformity of the vertical skin incision for median sternotomy was decreased by using a mechanical traction system to increase exposure at the superior margin of a shorter wound. The limited vertical skin incision did not impede technical surgical maneuvers and produced a scar that was m...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Annals of thoracic surgery 1992-10, Vol.54 (4), p.787-788
Hauptverfasser: Tatebe, Shoh, Eguchi, Shoji, Miyamura, Haruo, Nakazawa, Satoshi, Watanabe, Hiroshi, Sugawara, Masa-aki, Hayashi, Jun-ichi, Date, Kazutoshi, Nakagawa, Satoru
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Adolescent
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Cardiovascular System & Cardiology
Child
Child, Preschool
Dermatologic Surgical Procedures
Esthetics
Female
Humans
Infant
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Male
Medical sciences
Respiratory System
Science & Technology
Sternum - surgery
Surgery
Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
Surgery of the respiratory system
Thoracotomy - methods
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Zusammenfassung:The cosmetic deformity of the vertical skin incision for median sternotomy was decreased by using a mechanical traction system to increase exposure at the superior margin of a shorter wound. The limited vertical skin incision did not impede technical surgical maneuvers and produced a scar that was more acceptable than submammary incision or right anterior thoracotomy. The limited skin incision is especially useful in young women with congenital heart disease.
ISSN:0003-4975
1552-6259
DOI:10.1016/0003-4975(92)91035-8