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sternotomy /ster·not·o·my/ (ster-not´ah-me) the operation of cutting through the sternum.

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An incision into or through the sternum.

sternotomy [ster-not´ah-me]

incision of the sternum.

sternotomy

incision of the sternum as an approach for a thoracotomy. The incision may be median, through the midline, or transverse, most commonly as an extension of an intercostal thoracotomy incision, across the sternum and up the other side.

sternotomy

Surgery The midline vertical splitting of the sternum before thoracic surgery–eg, for CABG, heart valve replacement, etc, in thoracic cavity

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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

Davies said the new analysis of UNOS data, based on transplantations performed from 1995 to 2008, suggests that adult congenital patients have four times the risk of dying within 30 days of surgery compared with adult heart transplant recipients without congenital disease, independently of whether the latter group have a history of surgery that required sternotomy.

More adults with congenital heart disease seeking transplants by Transplant News

In kids between the ages of 8 and 12, lower scores were linked with African American race, genetic abnormality, non-thoracic surgery and sternotomy - the usual, vertical incision in the sternum used for heart surgery.

Afro-American kids who undergo cardiac surgery likely to have low ... by Asian News International

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