Management of recalcitrant median sternotomy wounds
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Inferior median sternotomy.
We have read with interest the report of Legarra et al. [1] regarding the use of an inferior median sternotomy incision in patients with a tracheostomy. We have been able to take advantage of their technique’s description to solve a legal problem. A case of death by hanging was considered adequate for multiorgan transplantation including the heart. In Spain, donation of organs for transplantati...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
سال: 1984
ISSN: 0022-5223
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5223(19)38322-9