Sternum hypoplasia diagnosed during sternotomy
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Sternum hypoplasia diagnosed during sternotomy
Background The sternum (breastbone) is a long, flattened bone, laying vertically and constituting the middle part of the anterior wall of the thorax. It is clinically important for us, because median sternotomy is the most common surgical approach used in cardiac surgery. It has three parts named from above to downward; manubrium, corpus and xiphoid. Its average length in the adult is about 17 ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1749-8090
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8090-8-s1-p59