Stable osteosynthesis after median sternotomy.
1996
A Kollar, and
R M Stiegel, and
J G Selle
UI
MeSH Term
Description
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D011183
Postoperative Complications
Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery.
Steel wires, often threaded through the skin, soft tissues, and bone, used to fix broken bones. Kirschner wires or apparatus also includes the application of traction to the healing bones through the wires.
Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013249
Sternum
A long, narrow, and flat bone commonly known as BREASTBONE occurring in the midsection of the anterior thoracic segment or chest region, which stabilizes the rib cage and serves as the point of origin for several muscles that move the arms, head, and neck.