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Reconstruction of massive post-sternotomy defects with allogeneic bone graft: four-year results and experience using the method

Monday, March 7, 2016

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Source

Source Name: Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg

Source URL: http://icvts.oxfordjournals.org/content/22/3/305.abstract

Author(s)

Martin Kaláb, Jan Karkoška, Milan Kamínek, Eva Matějková, Zuzana Slaměníková, Aleš Klváček, and Petr Šantavý

The authors report on the transplantation of allogeneic bone graft in 10 patients with massive post-sternotomy defects. There were no further complications in 6 patients. In 3 patients additional re-suture of the soft tissue was necessary and one patient died 6 months later. Allogeneic bone graft transplantation seems to be a promising method in patients with serious tissue loss after sternotomy.