Author： Kuwaki Kenji Tsukamoto Masaru Komatsu Kanshi Sakata Junichi Muraki Satoshi Abe Tomio
Publisher： Springer Publishing Company
ISSN： 0941-1291
Source： Surgery Today, Vol.34, Iss.6, 2004-06, pp. : 560-561
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Abstract
Repeat median sternotomy is still associated with high morbidity and mortality from catastrophic hemorrhage or myocardial injury. To overcome these problems, we devised a new technique of sternal re-entry using the Kent retractor set (Takasago Ika Kogyo, Tokyo, Japan), which increases the safety of retrosternal dissection and sternal redivision.
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