| The median sternotomy is used to gain access to the anterior mediastinum, heart, great vessels, hila and pleural spaces. |
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| The rapid evolution of keyhole surgery has seen mitral valve procedures performed without sternotomy, using a left sided posterior mini-thoracotomy approach. |
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| You perform the sternotomy from the sternal notch to the xiphisternum. |
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| After the induction of general anesthesia and sterilely preparing the patient's chest, abdomen and groin, a vertical midline median sternotomy was performed. |
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| Alston RR Pechon R Dysesthesia associated with sternotomy for heart surgery. |
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