Ebrahim Shafiee
Department of Surgery (division of cardiac surgery), Bushehr Medical Center Hospital, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran
[ 1 ] - Sternal nonunion on bone scintigraphy: a case report
Sternal non-union is a severe complication of sternotomy closure following open heart surgeries. Healing problems typically occur in 0.3% to 5% of patients. Technetium-99m methylene diphosphonate (99mTc-MDP) bone scintigraphy has been used to assess bone nonunion to predict the healing response for proper management. In this report, we present the case of a marked sternal nonunio...
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