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Ann Thorac Surg 2006;82:907-908
© 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Original article: Cardiovascular

Invited commentary

Department of Surgery, MC 5026, Room J 517, University of Chicago, 5841 S Maryland Ave, Chicago, IL 60637

(Email: jelosanoff@yahoo.com).

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Olbrecht and coauthors [1] provide a detailed retrospective study of 48 patients who required reconstructive surgery for noninfectious sternal dehiscence. Although the work has the limitations of a retrospective analysis, it provides important insight into the risk factors of this relatively rarely discussed condition and its postoperative complications.

Olbrecht and colleagues' practice of routinely using single wires to close the sternotomy was changed to using double wires during the study period. The authors did not specify the exact closure method (peristernal versus transsternal), the factors that triggered the change, the type . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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