Objectives: The aim of this retrospective study was to compare subcuticular sutures and Steri-Strip S in closing median sternotomy incisions in children with regard to wound healing and scar formation. Methods: Fifty-three children and adolescents were enrolled in this study who all underwent a ...
median Sternotomy with a sternal saw. Bleeding from the sternal plates was stopped with bone wax and a retractor inserted. The previous unsuccessful right collar incision by the neurosurgery team was extended down to the manubrium. The T1 and T2 lesions were localized after careful retraction of...
A 71year old gentleman presented with a nodular growth in the upper end of a median sternotomy scar 17years after an uneventful cardiac surgery. In the months immediately following the surgery he had itching over the scar and there was an episode of superficial infection in the scar two ...
Brutel de la Riviere, A, Brom, GHM, Brom, AG (1981) Horizontal submammary skin incision for median sternotomy. Ann Thorac Surg 32: pp. 101-4Brutel de la Riviere A,Brom G H A,Brom A G. Horizontal submammary skin incision for median sternotomy[J].Annals of Thoracic Surgery 1981,32....
observer-POSAS were statistically significant (P = 0.025, <0.01 and 0.01) with scores of 12.22, 17.33 and 15.33 in the treatment half and 14.22, 23.67 and 22.33 in the control half respectively.ConclusionIn patients who scar more poorly than average, there were significant improvements in scar...
To date, the refixation of the bone halves after median sternotomy is accomplished with wire, steel bands or thick, not absorbable plastic threads. As the first, we used absorbable synthetic strings in 25 patients. During the absorbtion the development of a very strong bone scar was possible,...
Median sternotomy is the incision of choice to allow access to the anterior mediastinum, heart, or both lungs. The vertical skin incision leaves an unsightly scar for many female patients. A bilateral submammary horizontal skin incision with dissection of a flap including the subcutaneous tissue ...
To date, the refixation of the bone halves after median sternotomy is accomplished with wire, steel bands or thick, not absorbable plastic threads. As the first, we used absorbable synthetic strings in 25 patients. During the absorbtion the development of a very strong bone scar was possible,...
scarringBackgroundLinear hypertrophic scarring is a common surgical problem that can be difficult to manage. This article evaluates median sternotomy wounds that have often been reported to scar poorly resulting in hypertrophic scar formation.Jina, N. HameshMarsh, CliveThan, MartinSingh, HarshCassidy...
Between July 1968 and June 1977, in the University of Hong Kong Department of Surgery, 1,083 patients underwent operations via a median sternotomy using a Y incision. Of these patients, 1,070 had open heart surgery, eight had total thymectomy and in five patients pericardectomy was carried ...