median sternotomy

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median sternotomy,

a chest surgery technique in which an incision is made from the suprasternal notch to below the xiphoid process. The sternum is then opened with a saw and a sternal retractor is inserted. Closure requires reunion of the sternum with stainless steel sutures. The procedure is used in coronary artery bypass and valve replacement operations. Compare anterolateral thoracotomy, posterolateral thoracotomy.

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anterolateral thoracotomy OPCAB posterolateral thoracotomy thoracotomy thymoma			The benefits of endovascular techniques include the avoidance of a median sternotomy or thoracotomy, less blood loss and fluid shifts, avoidance of an aortic cross clamp with its complications of reperfusion injury and the fact that extracorporeal bypass is not required. Endovascular intervention in arterial trauma by Paruk, Nishen / CME: Your SA Journal of CPD You will be tempted to throw a full urinal at the TV, but it's hard to be on target just after a median sternotomy, so spare the cleaning staff. A view from the other side by Mirvis, Stuart E. / Applied Radiology Because of the extensive disease in the neck and mediastinum, the patient underwent a total thyroidectomy, bilateral neck dissection, tracheostomy, and median sternotomy with mediastinal node dissection (figure 2). Transthoracic/transcervical approach to cervicothoracic thyroid cancer by Avitia, Sofia; Osborne, Ryan F. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal			medialis median median antebrachial vein median aperture of fourth ventricle median arcuate ligament median artery median atlantoaxial joint median bar of Mercier median basilic vein median cephalic vein median cleft facial syndrome median effective dose median glossitis median groove of tongue median jaw relation median lethal dose median line median longitudinal raphe of tongue median nerve Median Nerve Dysfunction median palatine suture median plane median rhinoscopy median rhomboid glossitis median sacral vein median sternotomy median toxic dose median vein medianus mediastina mediastinal mediastinal crunch mediastinal cyst mediastinal emphysema mediastinal fibrosis mediastinal space mediastinal tumor mediastinal vein mediastinitis mediastinography mediastinopericarditis mediastinoscope mediastinoscopy mediastinotomy mediastinum mediastinum testis mediate mediate auscultation mediate percussion mediated transport mediation			Median Radial Basis Functions Median Ranked Set Sampling Median Relapse-Free Survival median relation median relation median relation median relation median retruded relation median retruded relation median retruded relation median retruded relation median retruded relation median rhinoscopy median rhomboid glossitis median rhomboid glossitis median rhomboid glossitis median rhomboid glossitis median rhomboid glossitis Median Round Delay Median sacral artery median sacral vein median sagittal plane median sagittal plane median sagittal plane median sagittal plane median sagittal plane Median Seizure Frequency Reduction Rate median septum median septum median septum median sternotomy median strip median strip median strip median strip median strip median strips median strips median strips median strips median strips Median Survival Time from First Relapse Median Time to Local Recurrence Median Time to Repair median tissue culture infective dose median tissue culture infective dose median tissue culture infective dose median tissue culture infective dose Median Tolerance Limit median toxic dose median toxic dose median toxic dose median toxic dose median value median vein Median Volume Diameter Median Voter Median Voters Median Water Level Median-Radian Latency Difference median-raphe plane

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