Simplified method of reinforced sternal closure

Sternal wound complications after isolated coronary artery bypass grafting: Early and late mortality, morbidity, and cost of care

Floyd D. Loop, Bruce W. Lytle, Delos M. Cosgrove et al. · The Annals of Thoracic Surgery · 1990 · 743 citations · Full text

Medicine, Cardiology, Surgery +16

The prevention and treatment of sternum separation following open-heart surgery

Francis Robicsek, Harry K. Daugherty, Joseph W. Cook · Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery · 1977 · 255 citations

Medicine, Perioperative Medicine, Surgery +10

Modified Robicsek technique for complicated sternal closure

Giuseppe Tavilla, Jacques A.M. van Son, Ad F. T. M. Verhagen et al. · The Annals of Thoracic Surgery · 1991 · 61 citations

Medicine, Plastic Surgery, Surgery +8

Interlocking figure-of-8 closure of the sternum

R.F. Di Marco, M.W. Lee, S Bekoe et al. · The Annals of Thoracic Surgery · 1989 · 53 citations

Medicine, Anatomy, Surgery +8

Technique of closure of median sternotomy with trans-sternal figure-of-eight wires.

G. J. Goodman, Palatianos Gm, Hooshang Bolooki · PubMed · 1986 · 26 citations

Medicine, Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery +4