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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 52, 1179-1180, Copyright © 1991 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Modified Robicsek technique for complicated sternal closure

G Tavilla, JA van Son, AF Verhagen and LK Lacquet
Department of Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Nijmegen St. Radboud, The Netherlands.

A modification of the technique described by Robicsek and associates for treatment of sternum separation after open heart operation is described. The technique consists of placing four interlocking steel wires parasternally on both sides and then including them in the usual transverse peristernal wires.

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