Traumatic fracture of nitinol thermoreactive sternal clips.

Combined application of Robicsek procedure and thermoreactive nitinol clips for treating a patient with sternal dehiscence

Postopereative sternal dehiscence is one of the most important complications of median sternotomy which may cause pulmonary dysfunction and mediastinitis. We are reporting a patient with sternal dehiscence after coronary artery bypass surgery that underwent application of thermoreactive nitinol clips in addition to Robicsek procedure. Using thermoreactive nitinol clips method together with Robi...

Detachment and dislocation of thermoreactive clips from sternum in late postoperative period due to misuse.

Median sternotomy is the most common method of access to the heart and great vessels in cardiac surgical procedures. However, particularly in obese and diabetic patients, complications such as dehiscence, osteomyelitis, mediastinitis and superficial wound infection or fistula formation may be encountered. To overcome these complications, some alternative surgical techniques and surgical equipme...

Nitinol flexigrip sternal closure system and chest wound infections: insight from a comparative analysis of complications and costs.

BACKGROUND We sought to assess the efficiency of two different sternal closure techniques in preventing sternal wound complications (SWC). A cost analysis was also considered. METHODS Between January 2008 and April 2010, 1,644 consecutive cardiac surgery patients who underwent cardiac surgery in our institute were prospectively collected. A total of 1,072 patients received a standard paraster...

Sternal closure using semirigid fixation with thermoreactive clips.

Sternomy represents the standard approach to the heart and great vessels in most cardiothoracic procedures. Closure of this incision is simple; however, healing complications such as dehiscence, osteomyelitis, mediastinitis, and superficial wound infection or fistula may occur. We describe an alternative technique for sternal closure using semirigid fixation with thermoreactive clips.

Post-traumatic symmetrical diastasis after sternal synthesis with nitinol clips.