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Ann Thorac Surg 2011;91:261-262. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.08.059
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Rodney J. Landreneau, MD

The Heart, Lung & Esophageal Surgery Institution, University of Pittsburgh, UPMC Shadyside Medical Center, 5200 Centre Ave, Ste 715, Pittsburgh, PA  15232

(Email: landreneaurj@upmc.edu).

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Puri and associates [1] provide a thorough review of the risk factors, cause, and pathologic consequences of the uncommon but challenging problem of sternoclavicular joint infection [1]. Resection of the joint and necrotic tissue is the most effective treatment when boney destruction and significant local phlegmon is present. Pairolero and colleagues [2] appropriately stated in his important contribution to the management of sternal infections to "follow the same time-honored principles of wound healing elsewhere: the wound must be drained adequately; . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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