Objective To assess clinical effectiveness of using bilateral pectoralis major or plus rectus abdominis muscle flaps in ......

<strong>Purpose:</strong> <span style="font-family:;" "=""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">We harvested bilateral Int......

Background: Median sternotomy and resternotomy is the standard technique for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), val......

Background and Objectives: Duration of antibiotic prophylaxis for cardiac surgery is still debated and controversial. In......

Background: Discharge due to superficial wound infection and sternal dehiscence are the common complications of median s......

Postopereative sternal dehiscence is one of the most important complications of median sternotomy which may cause pulmon......

Sternal metastases are not studied extensively in the literature.There is a paucity of information on their role in meta......

Reconstructions of the sternum remain a formidable challenge for the operating team. Reconstruction of the sternumdefect......

A 53-year-old man with bleeding from a sternal mass associated with a toxic syndrome. Computed tomography (CT) revealed ......