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Ann Thorac Surg 1979;27:375
© 1979 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Digital Injury Using the Sternum Perforating Awl

Myles Edwin Lee, M.D.

Department of Thoracic, Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048

Accepted for publication July 17, 1978.

Closure of the median sternotomy incision using stainless steel wires passed through the tip of a sternum-perforating awl is a common procedure. Digital injury can result should the awl shaft suddenly snap during sternal penetration. Sheathing the shaft with a plastic guard will prevent injury when this occurs.






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