Postoperative transverse sternal nonunion with a chest wall defect managed by a tibial locking plate and a Gore-Tex dual mesh membrane: a case report

BACKGROUND: Transverse sternal nonunion is a rare but disabling complication of chest trauma or a transverse sternotomy. Fixation methods, mainly used to manage the more common longitudinal sternal nonunion, often fail, leaving the surgical treatment of transverse nonunion to be a challenge. CASE PR...

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Autores principales: Malovrh, Tomaz, Stupnik, Tomaz, Podobnik, Boris, Kalisnik, Jurij Matija
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8647373/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34872576
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13019-021-01730-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8647373/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34872576
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13019-021-01730-5

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