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Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1530 3rd Ave S, ZRB 719, Birmingham, AL 35294-0007

(Email: wholman@uab.edu).

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Wellisz and associates [1] compare the healing of midline sternotomies after application of bone wax vs a water-soluble polymer (Ostene, Ceremed, Inc, Los Angeles, CA) on the incised sternal surfaces. They used a rabbit model and examined healing of the sternum after 6 weeks. There was superior healing in the polymer group, and the authors suggested that cardiac surgeons use Ostene in preference to bone wax in humans.

Studies documenting results with Ostene in humans have been published . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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