The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 134, Issue 1 , Pages 218-224 , July 2007

A reinforced sternal wiring technique for transverse thoracosternotomy closure in bilateral lung transplantation: From biomechanical test to clinical application

  • Takahiro Oto, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Heart and Lung Transplant Unit, The Alfred Hospital, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Takahiro Oto, MD, PhD, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Okayama University Medical School, 2-5-1, Shikata-cho, Okayama 700-8558, Japan.
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  • Ramkumar Venkatachalam

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences, Biomechanical and Tissue Engineering Group, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia.
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  • Yos S. Morsi, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences, Biomechanical and Tissue Engineering Group, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia.
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  • Silvana Marasco, MS, FRACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Heart and Lung Transplant Unit, The Alfred Hospital, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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  • Adrian Pick, FRACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Heart and Lung Transplant Unit, The Alfred Hospital, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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  • Marc Rabinov, PhD, FRACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Heart and Lung Transplant Unit, The Alfred Hospital, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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  • Franklin Rosenfeldt, MD, FRACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Heart and Lung Transplant Unit, The Alfred Hospital, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

Received 28 December 2006 ,Revised 22 February 2007 ,Accepted 8 March 2007.

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PII: S0022-5223(07)00526-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.03.003

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 134, Issue 1 , Pages 218-224 , July 2007

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