Abstract:Introduction
In this study, sternal complication rates of sternal closures with steel wire
or steel wire combined with titanium plate in patients with obesity that
underwent cardiac surgery were investigated.
Methods
The data of 316 patients that underwent cardiac surgery between May 2018 and
October 2021 were analyzed retrospectively; 124 patients withbody mass index
(BMI) ≥ 30 kg/m
2
were divided into group I, patients whose
sternotomy was p… Show more
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