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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 55, 179-180, Copyright © 1993 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Autologous pericardial flap for prevention of reentry injury in cardiac reoperations

CC Canver, CA Marrin, SK Plume and WC Nugent
Section of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Dartmouth Medical School, Dartmouth- Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH 03756.

Cardiac injury during sternal reentry to the heart is a rare but dangerous complication of cardiac reoperations. Positioning a pericardial flap between the heart and sternum at the time of the initial operation may consistently facilitate cardiac reoperation by providing a reliable plane of dissection and by reducing adhesion formation.

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