After sternotomy for a cardiac operation in adults, closure of the sternum is accomplished with five or six wire sutures with twisting of the wire ends. This method may not achieve rigid fixation of the sternum, and the bulky twisted wires may cause skin pain or actual perforation. We have developed a new method of approximating the split sides of the sternum using a new in-
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