Median sternotomy is a type of surgical procedure in which a vertical inline incision is made along the sternum, after which the sternum itself is divided...

cut open (a median sternotomy) to gain access to the thoracic contents when performing cardiothoracic surgery. Surgical fixation of sternotomy is achieved...

A sternal saw is a bone cutter used to perform median sternotomy, opening the patient's chest by splitting the breastbone, or sternum. It is a reciprocating...

incisions instead of the traditional open-heart surgery that requires a median sternotomy approach, and can be performed in patients with multivessel coronary...

quite rare for palliative procedures to be done via median sternotomy. However, if a sternotomy is required for a different procedure, in most cases...

Surgical aortic valve replacement is conventionally done through a median sternotomy, meaning the incision is made by cutting through the breastbone (sternum)...

usually require a median sternotomy, but advances in non-invasive methods (such as keyhole surgery) allow surgery without a sternotomy (and resulting pain...

For the surgical procedure, a heart-lung machine is required and a median sternotomy is performed. Percutaneous endovascular procedures are less invasive...

valve. The most common approach for surgeons to reach the heart is a median sternotomy (vertically cutting the breastbone), but other incisions can be employed...

incision used for the surgery; with traditional CABG and OPCAB a median sternotomy (dividing the breastbone) provides access to the heart; with MIDCAB...

mortality of less than 1%, as well as 85% success rate. It involves a median sternotomy (general anesthesia, opening the chest, and cardiopulmonary bypass)...

recently had an operation, believed by some to be a mastoidectomy. Median sternotomy – This is the primary incision used for cardiac procedures. It extends...

procedure Specialty Cardiac surgery Uses Aortic valve disease Approach Median sternotomy Types Subcoronary method, root replacement technique Outcomes Good...

surgical procedures require a heart-lung machine and are done with a median sternotomy. Surgical mortality for uncomplicated ostium primum defects in experienced...

aorta or interrupted aortic arch. The Yasui procedure is done via a median sternotomy and uses cardiopulmonary bypass. If there is a patent ductus arteriosus...

Prophylactic antibiotics, to prevent infection The heart is accessed via median sternotomy and its pericardium is removed so the coronary and great arteries...

endocardial (from the inside of the heart) incisions through both atria, a median sternotomy (vertical incision through the breastbone) and cardiopulmonary bypass...

series of full-thickness incisions through the walls of both atria, a median sternotomy (vertical incision through the sternum), and cardiopulmonary bypass...

targeting IsdB, in a blinded randomized trial in patients undergoing median sternotomy. The trial was terminated after a higher rate of multiorgan system...

beat masses scars lesions signs of trauma and previous surgery (e.g. median sternotomy) any signs of previously-implanted cardiac hardware such as pacemakers...

and divides the breastbone to expose the pericardium, known as a median sternotomy. Alternatively, a larger incision known as a thoracotomy may be used...

bronchoscopy is used during the operation. During the operation, a median sternotomy is performed in order to expose and ligate the involved artery above...

endocardial (from the inside of the heart) incisions through both atria, a median sternotomy (vertical incision through the breastbone) and cardiopulmonary bypass...

institution and type of surgery, a typical scenario is as follows. After a median sternotomy, a surgical retractor is placed by the surgeon to optimize exposure...

grafts Have had mediastinal radiation or infection after a prior median sternotomy Have elevated risk of stroke, or history of stroke Have heavily calcified...

results of aortic valve replacement via partial upper sternotomy: comparison with median sternotomy. Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery 10 (4): 333-8 2002...

"Off-pump implant of the Jarvik 2000 ventricular assist device through median sternotomy". Ann. Thorac. Surg. 84 (4): 1405–7. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007...

the surgical approach, as a lower extent may require a partial or total sternotomy to facilitate complete resection. Therefore, the distance of the retrosternal...