Complications associated with median sternotomy

The median sternal incision in intracardiac surgery with extracorporeal circulation; a general evaluation of its use in heart surgery.

Ormand C. Julian, M Lopez-Belio, William S. Dye et al. · PubMed · 1957 · 277 citations

Medicine, Cardiology, Surgery +9

Treatment of Median Sternotomy Infection by Mediastinal Irrigation with an Antibiotic Solution

Lester R. Bryant, Frank C. Spencer, J. Kent Trinkle · Annals of Surgery · 1969 · 163 citations

Medicine, Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery +1

The complications of median sternotomy

A. Hedley Brown, M.V. Braimbridge, Photis Panagopoulos et al. · Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery · 1969 · 71 citations

Medicine, Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery +10

Anterior mediastinitis as a complication of median sternotomy incisions: diagnostic and surgical considerations.

Manuel Jiménez-Martínez, Rubén Argüero‐Sánchez, Juan J. Pérez-Alvarez et al. · PubMed · 1970 · 67 citations

Medicine, Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery +12

Prevention of Sternotomy Wound Disruptions by Use of Figure-of-Eight Pericostal Sutures

Rodman E. Taber, John S. Madaras · The Annals of Thoracic Surgery · 1969 · 37 citations · Full text

Medicine, Perioperative Medicine, Surgery +14