No loss of the temporal relation between airflow and abdominal wall motion was detected. The results suggest that reduced and uncoordinated rib cage expansion contributes to the restrictive ...

The primary objective of this study is to evaluate sternal bone healing following a full median sternotomy versus standard of care for sternal closure with wire cerclage. Additional outcomes on ...

As a heart surgeon, you regularly perform aortic valve replacement, using a median sternotomy technique. However, you are aware that less-invasive options are available, and you wonder whether these ...

Still, the recommendation should be not to look over one’s shoulder—which involves twisting the upper body—for a minimum of 6 weeks after cardiac surgery involving median sternotomy.

Children under 5 years old or adults over 21 years old. Adult patients (18-21 years old) lacking capacity to consent. Patient caregivers (if providing assent for patient aged 5-17 years old) lacking ...

Objectives Aortopexies are part of GOSH’s specialist tracheal services offered to children with severe tracheobronchomalacia, with an average of 10 cases performed per year. We wanted to identify safe ...

72 female (53.3%). 18 patients (13.3%) had no previous surgeries, 4 (1.48%) had thoracotomy scars, 87 (64.4%) had median sternotomy scars and 26 (19.3%) had both thoracotomy and median sternotomy ...