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Ann Thorac Surg 2005;79:1096-1097
© 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Correspondence

Parasternal Wire Technique and Sternal Dehiscence

Tomaso Bottio, MD, PhD, Vincenzo Tarzia, MD, Claudio Muneretto, MD

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Brescia Medical School, Piazza Spedali Civili 1, Brescia, Italy

(E-mail: tomaso.bottio@unipd.it).

The first 20% of the full text of this article appears below.

To the Editor:

Sharma and associates [1] devised and assessed a new method of sternal closure to prevent sternal dehiscence. Based on the concept that the pathogenesis of sternal wound dehiscence may be due to sternal instability after a technical pitfall, as already suggested by Kirklin and Barrat-Boyes [2], Sharma randomly allocated 776 high-risk patients to a conventional group using six stainless steel wires (390 patients; group IIa) or to . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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