Potential risk of sternal wires

Potential risk of sternal wires.

OBJECTIVE To understand the potential fracture mechanism of sternal wires, we collected extracted stainless steel sternal wires from patients with sternal dehiscence following open-heart operations. Surface alterations and fractured ends of sternal wires were inspected and analyzed. METHODS Eight fractured and 12 non-fractured wires extracted from five patients (closure method: figure-of-eigh...

Broken and scattered sternal wires.

Yusuf Izzettin Alihanoglu, Ismail Dogu Kilic* and Bekir Serhat Yildiz Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey * Corresponding author. Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Pamukkale University, Kinikli, 20070 Denizli, Turkey. Tel: +90-532-6434948; fax: +90-258-2134922; e-mail: [email protected] (I. D. Kilic). Received 24 June 2013; accept...

Placement of trans-sternal wires according to an ellipsoid pressure vessel model of sternal forces.

Dehiscence of median sternotomy wounds remains a clinical problem. Wall forces in thin-walled pressure vessels can be calculated by membrane stress theory. An ellipsoid pressure vessel model of sternal forces is presented together with its application for optimal wire placement in the sternum. Sternal forces were calculated by computational simulation using an ellipsoid chest wall model. Sterna...

Comparison of the sternal wires and sternal cable in closure of the sternum during cardiac surgery

Corresponding author: Yücel Özen, M.D. Kartal Koşuyolu Yüksek İhtisas Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi Kalp ve Damar Cerrahisi Kliniği, 34844 Cevizli, Kartal, İstanbul, Turkey. Tel: +90 505 872 76 56 e-mail: [email protected] Objectives: This study aims to compare the effectiveness of the sternal cable system (Cable group) with the standard monofilament system (Wire group) in the sternal closu...

fixing a traumatic sternal fracture using stainless steel wires